{"product_id":"round-up-the-usual-suspects-raymond-ruble-9780275995126","title":"Round Up the Usual Suspects: Criminal Investigation in Law \u0026 Order, Cold Case, and Csi","description":"\u003cp\u003eTV shows that retain their popularity over the years do so for obvious reasons: good production values, good acting, and compelling storylines. But detective stories in particular also endure because they appeal to the gumshoe in all of us. America is obsessed with crime solving. Nancy Grace on \u003ci\u003eCNN Headline News\u003c\/i\u003e, Greta Van Susteren on Fox, and the seemingly annual recurrence of the courtroom sensation all testify to this fact. And these people and cases are able to reach their phenomenal status not simply because of the media-the media only demonstrates the enormous national appetite for this material. Rather, \u003ci\u003eCold Case, CSI\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Order\u003c\/i\u003e have achieved their current popularity because they all respond to the same national craving for crime, and do so with great skill and creativity. \u003ci\u003eRound Up the Usual Suspects\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comparison of the crime fighting models and justice proceedings of each of these TV series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach series has its own special crime-fighting niche, and each approaches its job with a different set of values and different paradigms of discovery and proof. Their separate approaches are each firmly grounded in different components of human nature -- analytical reasoning, for instance, in \u003ci\u003eCSI\u003c\/i\u003e, memory in \u003ci\u003eCold Case\u003c\/i\u003e, and teamwork in \u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Order\u003c\/i\u003e. After examining each of the individual series in depth, Ruble goes on to investigate some of the historical antecedents in classical TV detective series such as \u003ci\u003eThe FBI \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e. It is interesting to note that these crime fighting methodologies are extensions of the way we all process information about the world. Ray Ruble here aims to increase our appreciation for the ingenious manner in which fictional cases are broken and convictions convincingly secured, and also illuminates the deeper human elements that lie under a more implicit spotlight in these runaway hits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Ruble\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275995127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275995126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 176","brand":"Raymond Ruble","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48135965180159,"sku":"9780275995126","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09726ecd-8911-442b-94b3-2ac5f2553f4b.jpg?v=1770159627","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/round-up-the-usual-suspects-raymond-ruble-9780275995126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}