Publishing with Purpose
Visual Criminology
By Bill McClanahan
ISBN
978-1529207446Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressClick to order from North America, Canada and South America
ISBN
978-1529207477Dimensions
Imprint
Bristol University PressClick to order from North America, Canada and South America
From fine art to popular digital culture, criminologists are increasingly engaged in the processes of the visual.
In this pioneering work, Bill McClanahan provides a concise and lively overview of the origins and contemporary role of visual criminology. Detailing and employing the most prominent approaches at work in visual criminology, this book explores the visual perspective in relation to prisons, police, the environment, and drugs, while noting the complex social and ethical implications embedded in visual research.
This original book broadens the horizons of criminological engagement and reveals how visual criminology offers new and critical ways to understand and theorize crime and harm.
Bill McClanahan is Assistant Professor of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, US. He writes at the intersection(s) of ecology, police, and visual culture.
Chapter 1: Introducing Visual Criminology
Chapter 2: The Visual in Social Science
Chapter 3: Visual Methods in Criminology
Chapter 4: Environmental Harm and The Visual
Chapter 5: Drugs and The Visual
Chapter 6: Punishment, Prisons, and The Visual
Chapter 7: Police and The Visual
Chapter 8: New Horizons in Visual Criminology