Details

Subject(s)

• Criminology—Philosophy [Browse]
• Violent crimes [Browse]
• Ghosts [Browse]
• Crime—Sociological aspects [Browse]

Editor

• Fiddler, Michael [Browse]
• Kindynis, Theo [Browse]
• Linnemann, Travis [Browse]

Series

• Alternative criminology series [More in this series]
• Alternative criminology

Summary note

"Bringing together prominent early contributions from this emergent perspective, the volume traces the origins, theory and methodology of a nascent ghost criminology. From the powers of exorcism and erasure marshaled by state agents, street-level struggles over memorialization and memory, to the lingering violence of crime scenes and the ghostly traces of outlaw artists, Ghost Criminology is a book attuned to that which is well-theorized in other disciplines-the spectral, hauntological, apparitional. Each of the writers assembled here shares, as Mark Fisher (2017) put it, a fascination for the outside, "that which lies beyond standard perception, cognition and experience." As such, this collection uses cutting-edge social and cultural theory to tangle with some of criminology's most stubborn revenants-the politics of criminalization, the commodification of crime and violence, the haunting power of the image, as well as the unheard and disregarded cries of the dead"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781479885725 (hardcover)
• 147988572X (hardcover)
• 9781479842438 (paperback)
• 1479842435 (paperback)

LCCN

2021011946

OCLC

1245961547

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