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Goodies and baddies: the presentation of German police and criminals in east and west television drama

Goodies and baddies: the presentation of German police and criminals in east and west television drama
Goodies and baddies: the presentation of German police and criminals in east and west television drama
Criminal Justice does not only consist of identifying and sentencing unwanted and thus outlawed behaviour but also of the perception of members of society and hence its presentation in public. This paper analyses the one police drama that has been broadcast in the former GDR since 1971, called “Polizeiruf 110”. I want to present this East German police television programme, showing how the state used the entertainment media for its educational purposes, and reveal in what ways it tried to promote particular perspectives about crime, police, society and the state. At the same time as looking at the official presentation of crime and law enforcement it analyses as well the voice of the artists and filmmakers involved regarding their presentation of society. Comparing with the data that we have today about criminal justice in the former GDR I want to show how valuable culture, and in this case TV programmes are as a historical source for the analysis and evaluation of a criminal justice system.
2071-8322
981-1000
Rauxloh, Regina E.
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Rauxloh, Regina E.
8ce77860-d780-4c02-9d0d-e65f0fd6e988

Rauxloh, Regina E. (2005) Goodies and baddies: the presentation of German police and criminals in east and west television drama. German Law Journal, 6, 981-1000.

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Criminal Justice does not only consist of identifying and sentencing unwanted and thus outlawed behaviour but also of the perception of members of society and hence its presentation in public. This paper analyses the one police drama that has been broadcast in the former GDR since 1971, called “Polizeiruf 110”. I want to present this East German police television programme, showing how the state used the entertainment media for its educational purposes, and reveal in what ways it tried to promote particular perspectives about crime, police, society and the state. At the same time as looking at the official presentation of crime and law enforcement it analyses as well the voice of the artists and filmmakers involved regarding their presentation of society. Comparing with the data that we have today about criminal justice in the former GDR I want to show how valuable culture, and in this case TV programmes are as a historical source for the analysis and evaluation of a criminal justice system.

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Published date: 2005
Organisations: Southampton Law School

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Local EPrints ID: 360657
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/360657
ISSN: 2071-8322
PURE UUID: 103ed04c-d197-419f-8370-d886e06c40a1
ORCID for Regina E. Rauxloh: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2711-1424

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