The unreality of a lot of police fiction does, it contributes to our disillusionment. There's a whole line of psychology on what's called the CSI effect in juries. Pushkin Plus listeners will get the whole series that day ad-free. If you haven't signed up yet for Pushkin Plus, now is the time. I'm not going to die well.
Today, another episode from the Revisionist History Live universe. It's an old fashioned lecture, recorded at the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University. Malcolm talks about a totally real thing he made up—a taxonomy of the modern mystery story—with a focus on murder mysteries and police procedurals. From Dragnet, to John Grisham, to Sherlock Holmes, it's all in there...and all connected to how we view real policing.
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