Elements of Crime Flashcards
1) Name the 4 types of crime text.
detective fiction
post-modern novel
revenge tragedy
account of a life lost to crime
2) Name the two things that are significant for the settings that are created as backdrops for criminal action and the pursuit of criminals.
Places
Times
3) Name the three things that are relevant to criminals.
The nature of the crime.
The criminal’s motives.
The criminal’s actions.
4) Name the four ‘criminal acts’ that characterize crime fiction.
Violence
Murder
Theft
Betrayal
5) What leads to the capture and punishment of the criminal?
The detection of the crime.
The investigation of the criminal.
6) How far there is a………
moral purpose and restoration of order.
7) Name the four things society expects to see in a criminal once caught.
Guilt.
Remorse.
Confession.
The desire for forgiveness.
8) In order to understand a criminal act, the reader needs to see…
the creation of the criminal, and why they commit their crimes.
8) The criminal’s nemesis is…
the typical detective hero.
9) To create a sense of security for the reader, there must be …
the sense there will be a resolution and the criminal will be punished.
10) To show the victims of crime there must be …
the inclusion of suffering.
11) Name the four central motifs of crime fiction.
Love.
Money.
Danger.
Death.
12) Element 12 is just a list of things that appear in crime fiction. How many of them can you remember?
Punishment. Justice Retribution. Injustice. Accusation. The legal system. Criminal trials and courtroom dramas. Imprisonment. Death.
13) Describe the structural patterning of a crime text.
It moves through a series of crises to some sense of order.
14) The specific focus on …
plotting.
