The New True Crime

This was a really informative look at the ways in which the true crime genre (film, docuseries, books and podcasts) has evolved. This was focused on the context of the American criminal justice system. While the genre started with the vilification of suspects of crime (particularly murder). The literature on wrongful convictions has spread into the mainstream. This has lead to the new true crime wave. The new true crime uses shows/ case studies like Serial and The Staircase, Making a Murderer etc to analyse whether those accused of murder are really guilty or whether they have been falsely convicted.
This book looks at police coercion, forced confessions, dodgy forensics and other reasons for wrongful convictions. It looks at punishment, true crime as entertainment, the legal system and many other aspects. The author also used a mixture of 5/6 most popular docuseries and podcasts around this topic to illustrate her points. This gave me a very deep analytical framework to consider and I found it very useful.

Many thanks to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for a review copy in exchange for an honest review.