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100	1		_aATKINSON Colin
245			_aDeception: _ba critical discourse analysis of undercover policing and intelligence operations in Star Wars: _bthe clone wars/ _cColin Atkinson
260			_c2023
520			_aThis paper takes as its starting point the contention that media representations of crime and policing, and undercover policing in particular, matter. Through a multimodal critical discourse analysis this paper explores the representations of undercover policing and intelligence operations in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The paper contends that despite its status as science fiction The Clone Wars engages with several of the real-life practices and challenges of undercover policing and intelligence operations. The overall analysis indicates that The Clone Wars projects an important critique of the morally problematic nature of the militarisation of policing and the routinisation of deceptive undercover policing practices. The paper concludes with a reflection on the consequences of this depiction, arguing that for those practitioners who are willing to engage with representations of their craft in popular culture there are valuable practical lessons to be learned from such fictional accounts.
650			_aUNDERCOVER POLICING
650			_aINTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS
650			_aMEDIA
650			_aCRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
650			_aSTAR WARS
773			_aThe Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism : _gVol 18, Issue 1, February 2023, pp.95-111
598			_aINTEL, POLICY, WARFARE
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/18335330.2022.2030489 _zClick here for full text
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