This book sets an agenda for the development of historical approaches to criminology. It
defines 'historical criminology', explores its characteristic strengths and limitations, and …

As the United States began the project of mass incarceration, rural communities turned to
building prisons as a strategy for economic development. More than 350 prisons have been …

We propose to intensify theorizing on retromarketing and nostalgic consumption by further
developing “hauntology” as a conceptual lens for assessing the retro aesthetic as a …

Criminological engagement with urban environments has burgeoned, including
investigations into the criminological sense of place and into the atmospheres of crime and …

The position of disabled people within criminal justice frameworks and scholarship is one of
ambivalence, which leaves disabled people in the simultaneous and contradictory position …

Drawing upon recent criminological scholarship examining spectrality, as well as Jacques
Derrida's notion of hauntology, this article sets out a framework to explore harms …

There are specters haunting criminology. It is a discipline beset by voices from its troubled
past, as well as a threatened future. Such “ghosts” manifest in ways that are quite different …

Critical scholars argue that contemporary policing practices reproduce colonial logics
through the maintenance of racial and economic inequality. In this article, I extend the …

More than mere entertainment, video games can be studied as cultural texts, relevant for the
interpretation and understanding of the public imaginary relating to crime. Drawing on ideas …

Representation is key in the politics of mass-mediated consumer society. Although previous
research has noted that representation in advertising generates greater societal visibility for …