aspeers is the first European graduate journal for American studies. It was launched in 2007, this is the third issue. It contains academic contributions by: Anton Hieke ("Farbrekhers in America: The Americanization of Jewish Blue-Collar Crime, 1900-1931"); Magnus Nissel ("The Ever-Ticking Bomb: Examining 24Õs Promotion of Torture against the Background of 9/11"); Wieland Schwanebeck ("From ShakespeareÕs Kings to ScorseseÕs Kingpins: Contemporary Mob Movies and the Genre of Tragedy"). And Art Contributions by: Lauren K. Alleyne, Valentin Beinroth and Florian Jenett, Marie H. Elcin, and Mirko Martin.