Police gun violence is glorified on screen. But more armed and aggressive policing doesn't actually make us safer
- Written by Clare Farmer, Senior Lecturer, Criminology, Deakin University
American popular culture dominates international markets. Among its most enduringly successful products are police dramas and movies. Many of these feature frequent and overwhelmingly positive depictions of police gun violence – a popular example, and a favourite at this time of year, is Die Hard.
These works are, of course, fictions. But...
