How crime dramas expose our anxieties about those on the frontline
Thursday, May 21, 2020 - 09:36
in Psychology & Sociology
Being a parent and a police officer is a dangerous mix, or so crime dramas continuously tell us. In particular danger, it seems, are the children of these fictional police officers, who are either neglected by their parents or are in harm's way because they risk becoming victims of the criminals their parents are chasing. They may be abducted, even murdered, as criminals strike back at law enforcement.