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Narrative Criminology - Understanding Stories of Crime (Hardcover)
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Narrative Criminology - Understanding Stories of Crime (Hardcover)
Series: Alternative Criminology
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Explores the role of stories in criminal culture and justice
systems around the world Stories are much more than a means of
communication-stories help us shape our identities, make sense of
the world, and mobilize others to action. In Narrative Criminology,
prominent scholars from across the academy and around the world
examine stories that animate offending. From an examination of how
criminals understand certain types of crime to be less moral than
others, to how violent offenders and drug users each come to
understand or resist their identity as 'criminals', to how cultural
narratives motivate genocidal action, the case studies in this book
cover a wide array of crimes and justice systems throughout the
world. The contributors uncover the narratives at the center of
their essays through qualitative interviews, ethnographic
fieldwork, and written archives, and they scrutinize narrative
structure and meaning by analyzing genres, plots, metaphors, and
other components of storytelling. In doing so, they reveal the
cognitive, ideological, and institutional mechanisms by which
narratives promote harmful action. Finally, they consider how
offenders' narratives are linked to and emerge from those of
conventional society or specific subcultures. Each chapter reveals
important insights and elements for the development of a framework
of narrative criminology as an important approach for understanding
crime and criminal justice. An unprecedented and landmark
collection, Narrative Criminology opens the door for an exciting
new field of study on the role of stories in motivating and
legitimizing harm.
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