Abstract
This article examines how the portrayal of interrogation methods differ across Netflix’s police procedurals Criminal: UK, Criminal: France, Criminal: Germany and Criminal: Spain (2019). I consider how each iteration of the series negotiates between its native country’s traditions of literary detective fiction and contemporary interrogation procedure. Coyle’s (2013) ethnographic content analysis is applied to each series to deduce how justice norms are created, modified, and challenged in the process of arresting and charging a suspect. By navigating how each version of Criminal ideologically balances between dominant cultural perceptions of detective work and real interrogation procedure, a new methodological framework is provided. This model can be applied to interrogation scenes in all crime drama as they are pivotal moments to understanding a drama’s conception of justice
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Watching the Cops |
| Subtitle of host publication | Essays on Police and Policing in 21st Century Film and Television |
| Publisher | McFarland and Company, Inc |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781476649733 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781476689340 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Sept 2023 |