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Ben Lamb is the world’s leading expert on British television police series. He has contributed to knowledge in the fields of popular criminology and also applied criminological, sociological, and cultural theory to international crime drama both for academic study and for a general readership. Lamb is a corresponding editor for Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies and peer review manuscripts for Routledge, McFarlane, and Liverpool University Press. He is the author of You’re Nicked: Investigating British Television Police Series.
Combining incisive detailed analysis with wide-ranging knowledge of the TV industry and the crime show genre, Ben Lamb's study of The Wire makes the case for the series' importance and shows why it became compelling must-see TV. --Jonathan Bignell, professor of television and film, University of Reading In The Wire: A Cultural History, Lamb achieves that rare feat of writing a highly readable and accessible study of the show that also has genuine mainstream appeal. Opening with an account of the show's origins and casting of the main characters, Lamb brings an interdisciplinary approach to bear on discussion of the show's debt to classic American cop shows, its roots in Greek mythology, its groundbreaking representation of racial inequality in American society and its lasting social impact. Combining academic rigor with a fan's passion, this book is a must for television scholars, media criminologists, and devotees of The Wire. --Marianne Colbran, PhD, honorary fellow in criminology, University of Edinburgh and royal literary fund fellow, St. Mary's University, London
