▪ Abstract As an emergent orientation in sociology, criminology, and criminal justice, cultural
criminology explores the convergence of cultural and criminal processes in contemporary …

A form of criminal exploitation rarely mentioned in the academic literature has recently
emerged, evolved and taken meaningful hold in the UK. Hundreds of cases of …

The infusion of digital technology into contemporary society has had significant effects for
everyday life and for everyday crimes. Digital Criminology: Crime and Justice in Digital …

Over the last two decades," green criminology" has emerged as a unique area of study,
bringing together criminologists and sociologists from a wide range of research …

This book challenges contemporary criminological thinking, providing a thorough critique of
mainstream criminology, including both liberal criminology and administrative criminology. It …

The concept of critical criminology–that crime and the present-day processes of
criminalization are rooted in the core structures of society–is of more relevance today than it …

In the contemporary fascination with images of crime, violence gets under our skin and
keeps us enthralled. The Scene of Violence explores the spectator's encounter with the …

Mass incarceration maps onto global neoliberal carceral formations that, in turn, look very
much like a visual iconography of social suffering. Camp or prison-like conditions define the …

Dynamically written and richly illustrated, the Routledge International Handbook of Visual
Criminology offers the first foundational primer on visual criminology. Spanning a variety of …

This title looks at the study of crime and deviance through written, spoken and visual
representation. There is now a long tradition of academic literature analysing the way our …