The Cultural Afterlife of Criminal Evidence

Biber, K

The Cultural Afterlife of Criminal Evidence

Biber, K

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2017, Crime, Media, and Popular Culture pp. 1 - 20
Issue Date:: 2017-04-03

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dc.contributor.author	Biber, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2189-3157	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Rafter, N	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Brown, M	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-04-03	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2017, Crime, Media, and Popular Culture pp. 1 - 20	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/99113
dc.description.abstract	This article explores what happens to criminal evidence after the conclusion of legal proceedings, described here as the afterlife of evidence. The text investigates the ways that this material proliferates in the shadow of the law, in both cultural and commercial contexts. During the criminal trial, the rules of evidence and criminal procedure operate to tightly regulate the collection, admissibility, and interpretation of evidence. After the criminal trial, these rules no longer control evidence, and this material is sometimes subject to the substantial cultural curiosity associated with true crime and its artifacts. This article sets out some of the new questions that are posed by this material when it is transferred beyond the law’s control.	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxford University Press	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130102224
dc.relation.ispartof	Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.160	en_US
dc.title	The Cultural Afterlife of Criminal Evidence	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.citation.volume	Crime, Media, and Popular Culture	en_US
utslib.location	New York	en_US
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This article explores what happens to criminal evidence after the conclusion of legal proceedings, described here as the afterlife of evidence. The text investigates the ways that this material proliferates in the shadow of the law, in both cultural and commercial contexts. During the criminal trial, the rules of evidence and criminal procedure operate to tightly regulate the collection, admissibility, and interpretation of evidence. After the criminal trial, these rules no longer control evidence, and this material is sometimes subject to the substantial cultural curiosity associated with true crime and its artifacts. This article sets out some of the new questions that are posed by this material when it is transferred beyond the law’s control.

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