The reason behind the rising popularity of the crime novels and TV dramas, lies with the fact that the reality transmitted in the show/book, is our own. I am from Rio de Janeiro, a beautiful place with horrible people, and we know them what soap operas show, is not our reality. Sometimes happy endings only happen in fairy tales, which leads me to "Tropa de Elite" (Elite Squad, roughly translated) and why it was a phenomenon.
The movie shows our dark side, the drug dealers with machine guns, the dangerous environment of the fevelas and the corruption in our police forces. It shows that there is nothing glamorous about being poor in Brazil (an idea that has been growing lately). And what? we relate. We know the truth, and we want it to be seen and heard, even it is a fiction vision of it.
this is where the fiction part enters. When we watch the brave policeman or the brilliant CSI save the day, it gives a slight comfort. We feel like someone can save us from our reality, someone can be our hero and get the job done. It is rather gullibil thought, but it is the truth. BOPE's popularity (Rio de Janeiro's elite police force) grew rapidly after the movie's success.
Want to feel heard and to be saved, and in a mix of reality and fantasy, these books and shows do that. I, for example, love them and even consider to be a police officer. But after careful consideration, I gave up the idea, for i think the world's salvation lies behind a pen or inside a book, and not on the tip of a machine gun. But there is nothing wrong to daydream on our favourite shows. 
The reason behind the rising popularity of the crime novels and TV dramas, lies with the fact that the  
reality
 transmitted in the  
show
/book, is our  
own
. I am from Rio de Janeiro, a  
beautiful
 place with horrible  
people
, and we know them what soap operas  
show
, is not our  
reality
.  
Sometimes
 happy endings  
only
 happen in fairy tales, which leads me to  
"
 Tropa
  de
 Elite 
"
 (Elite Squad, roughly translated) and why it was a phenomenon.
The movie  
shows
 our dark side, the drug dealers with machine guns, the  
dangerous
 environment of the  
fevelas
 and the corruption in our police forces. It  
shows
 that there is nothing glamorous about being poor in Brazil (an  
idea
 that has been growing lately). And what?  
we
 relate. We know the truth, and we want it to be  
seen
 and heard, even it is a fiction vision of it. 
this
 is where the fiction part enters. When we  
watch
 the brave policeman or the brilliant CSI save the day, it gives a slight comfort. We feel like someone can save us from our  
reality
, someone can be our hero and  
get
 the job done. It is  
rather
  gullibil
  thought
,  
but
 it is the truth.  
BOPE
's popularity (Rio de Janeiro's elite police force) grew  
rapidly
 after the movie's success.
Want to feel heard and to  
be saved
, and in a mix of  
reality
 and fantasy, these books and  
shows
 do that. I,  
for example
,  
love
 them and even consider to be a police officer.  
But
 after careful consideration, I gave up the  
idea
, for  
i
  think
 the world's salvation lies behind a pen or inside a book, and not on the tip of a machine gun.  
But
 there is nothing  
wrong
 to daydream on our  
favourite
  shows
.