0 a type of novel or drama about how the police investigate and solve a crime, or a novel, film, or television programme of this type:
The film is a mixture of police procedural and psychological thriller.
It is a crime novel - a police procedural to be more accurate.
"Absolution" is a police procedural about the search for a killer.
The police procedural aspect of the film is fascinating.
His attention to detail and his concentration on the mechanics of detection makes him the forerunner of the police procedural school of crime fiction.
He moves easily between the buttoned-down demeanor that suits a police procedural story and the loose-jointed manner of his comic roles.
He also used his extensive background in police procedural to flesh out the undercover cop story and make it more realistic.
They lauded its freshness in spite of its police procedural genre, saying that it was bursting with new ideas and rejuvenated a whole new genre.
The film is considered a precursor to the contemporary police procedural and buddy cop film genres.
