Camila Borges de Mendonça (1)
Diogo Nilo Miranda Borba (2)
(1) Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió-AL
(2) Perito Médico Legista do Estado de Alagoas, Maceió-AL
E-mail: Diogo.borba@famed.ufal.br
ABSTRACT
Legal Medicine and Forensics have been often depicted in literature and in the movie industry, usually through an approach that has little resemblance to the actual practice of these fields of expertise or to the resources available in reality. This article aims to investigate these approaches, identifying stereotypes created by the media and their impact in public perception.
Keywords: cultural industry, movies, literature, legal medicine, forensics, stereotypes
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