Crime and courtroom dramas

Fictional portrayal of police, prosecutors and courts investigating crimes and their perpetrators

Sophia Haide / Sascha Schott
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Fact vs. fiction: courtrooms in real life and on screen

Expoloring the accuracy of courtroom dramas and their impact on public perception of the legal system.

Jonas Elflein / Thu Hien Luu
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Defence attorneys in TV shows - heroes or villains?

How defence attorneys are sometimes portrayed as villains and sometimes as heroes.

Leon Gottlieb / Pia Hilbinger / Lisa Hug
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Law in front of and behind the badge: crime dramas and their influence on public perception of the police

Are people's perceptions of the police and how they work affected - positively or negatively - by their portrayal in films and TV series?

Dalia Andegiorgis / Shachigaa Srirangan
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Media perception of prejudice in the US justice system

How successful have TV producers been highlighting racial prejudice in the US justice system?

Maria Elisabeth Amdur / Baldur Böhm
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Suits gets lawyered - the main characters' criminal record

If the law firm and the lawyers in the series 'Suits' were real, would things happen the same way as they do in the series?