Moroccan noir [electronic resource] : police, crime, and politics in popular culture / Jonathan Smolin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : state, mass media, and the new Moroccan authoritarianism -- Police on trial : the Tabit Affair, newspaper sensationalism, and the end of the Years of Lead -- "He butchered his wife because of witchcraft and adultery" : crime tabloids, moral panic and the remaking of the Moroccan cop -- Crime-page fiction : Moroccan true crime and the new independent press -- Prime-time cops : blurring police fact and fiction on Moroccan television -- The Moroccan "serial killer" and CSI : Casablanca -- From Morocco's 9/11 to community policing : state advertising and the new citizen -- Epilogue : "the police are at the service of the people."

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