Imaginative Criminology Of Spaces Past, Present and Future |
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| Author:
| Seal, Lizzie
O'Neill, Maggie |
| Series title: | New Horizons in Criminology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5292-0268-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2019 |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $111.95 |
Book Description:
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This distinctive and engaging book proposes an imaginativecriminology, focusing on how spaces of transgression are lived, portrayed and imagined. These include spaces of control or confinement, including prison and borders, and spaces ofresistance. Examples range from camps where asylum seekers andmigrants are confined to the exploration of deviant identities and theimagined spaces of surveillance and control in young adult fiction.
Drawing on oral history, fictive...
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This distinctive and engaging book proposes an imaginativecriminology, focusing on how spaces of transgression are lived, portrayed and imagined. These include spaces of control or confinement, including prison and borders, and spaces ofresistance. Examples range from camps where asylum seekers andmigrants are confined to the exploration of deviant identities and theimagined spaces of surveillance and control in young adult fiction.
Drawing on oral history, fictive portrayals, walking methodologies,and ethnographic and arts-based research, the book pays attentionto issues of gender, sexuality, age, ethnicity, mobility and nationalityas they intersect with lived and imagined space.