This article explores the intersection of two criminological perspectives—cultural criminology and narrative criminology. Taking inspiration from Mills and Fleetwood’s article, ‘Prepping and verstehen: A narrative criminological perspective’, where the authors contend that stories complement the pursuit of criminological verstehen, this article draws attention to other ways in which cultural criminology and narrative criminology are imbricated, taking notice of commonalities in cultural criminology’s analysis of media looping and narrative criminology’s identification of cycles of storytelling practice and lived experiences. A consideration of Donald Trump’s attempts to control narrative is used to develop an argument regarding cultural criminology’s and narrative criminology’s joint questioning of linear sequencing and mutual recognition of circulating fluidity |
Tijdschrift over Cultuur & Criminaliteit
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Het verhaal van/in de narratieve criminologie |
Auteurs | Dr. Olga Petintseva en Dr. Martina Althoff |
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Cultural criminology and narrative criminology’s shared interestsMore than just criminological verstehen |
Trefwoorden | verstehen, cultural criminology, media looping, narrative criminology, storytelling |
Auteurs | Dr. Avi Brisman |
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Whose narratives?The Self as (also) an alien – for a complex concept of ‘Self’ in narrative criminology |
Trefwoorden | Self, narrative criminology |
Auteurs | Professor Alfredo Verde |
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This paper, answering to a recent critique by Ben Laws to the concept of Self developed by narrative criminology, and recognizing its importance, shows that narrative criminology has formulated a complex dynamic definition of it, in addressing both the limit-experiences and the unconscious dimension. Such enlargement can be attained by adding to narrative criminology the contributions of psychosocial criminology, that considers also the emotional dimension of crime narratives and the enjoyment connected to crime: the offender Self, in this perspective, is a multiplex, not completely definable, sometimes alien entity, which can be exposed analysing in depth criminal narratives. |
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Alsof slachtofferschap een verhaal is: de narratieve victimologie en haar grenzen |
Trefwoorden | victimology, narrative criminology, cultural criminology, Susan Brison, Hans Vaihinger |
Auteurs | Prof. dr. Antony Pemberton |
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This article adopts German philosopher Hans Vaihinger’s Philosophy of “as if” as a vehicle to sketch the main features of the emerging research domain of narrative victimology, as well as address some of its limitations. Vaihinger emphasizes the importance of useful untruths, i.e. things we know to be untrue, but nevertheless behave as if they are not, if that strengthens their use as instruments for us to find our way more easily in the world. This applies to our daily lives, but also to our societal institutions and the models and metaphors that underlie our approaches to (social) science. The paper argues that the narrative metaphor of the historical event is often more apt to enhance our understanding of victimological phenomena than that of the mechanism, which is the default metaphor of (social) science. The paper subsequently describes four areas of inquiry of narrative victimology: victimisation’s impact on (life) stories; narratives in the aftermath of victimization; narratives of victim’s experiences with justice processes and the coincidence and juxtaposition of the victims’ narrative with narratives of other significant parties. For all its merits however, the narrative metaphor is also a “useful untruth”, equipped with its own limitations, for instance the difficulty of language in describing first hand experiences of victims and the possibility that narrative structures will be imposed upon victim experiences. |
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Exploring narrative, convictions and autoethnography as a convict criminologist |
Trefwoorden | convict criminology, narrative, autoethnography, reflexivity, post-colonial perspective |
Auteurs | Dr. Rod Earle |
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Convict criminology draws from personal experience of imprisonment to offer critical criminological perspectives on punishment and prisons. In this article I discuss how some of these are aligned with questions of narrative and post-colonial perspectives in criminology. I use autoethnographic vignettes to communicate the experiences of imprisonment that inform the development of convict criminology, and I explore their relationship to narrative criminology’s interest in personal stories. |
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Narratieve criminologie meets participatief actieonderzoekEen reflectie over epistemologische mogelijkheden en uitdagingen |
Trefwoorden | participatory action research, critical narrative criminology, counter narratives, drug use, stigma |
Auteurs | Michelle Van Impe MA |
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Critical narrative criminologists analyse dominant and institutionalised stories that can contribute to harm but they might also become more involved in interrogating and changing such narratives. The following question would be: in what ways can this be done? Based on experiences from a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project on stigma with people who use(d) illegal drugs, this paper reflects on the epistemological opportunities and challenges of fusing narrative criminology with PAR. Although such an integration raises potential tensions – especially with regard to the role of the researcher – PAR can amplify narrative criminology by offering a framework for practicing critical, ethical and socially engaged scholarship. Vice versa, narrative criminology can deepen PAR in its analysis of discursive power structures and the relation between narratives and action. |
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Verhalen in interviewsKritisch meekijken met de narratieve criminologie |
Trefwoorden | narrative criminology, storytelling, interview, thick description, police |
Auteurs | Dr. Merlijn van Hulst |
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Narrative criminology focuses on stories. It initially contrasted itself with standard approaches to interviewing. The founders of narrative criminology proposed that we understand that what the persons we investigate are telling us, as acting discursively and not as factual descriptions of events or accurate representations of their perspective. This critique I compare to previous critique on interviewing to show their overlap. Next, I critique these critiques. Finally, I propose several ways through which narratives in interviews can be enriched. |
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Legitimering van massale schadeDe narratieve sociologie van Lois Presser |
Trefwoorden | narrative criminology, critical criminology, mass harm, narrative impacts, power paradox |
Auteurs | Dr. Bas van Stokkom |
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In this review-essay, two books by criminologist Lois Presser are discussed: Why We Harm (2013) and Inside Story: How Narratives Drive Mass Harm (2018). In these books the author develops a general theory of harmful action, in particular collective and massive forms of harmful action that are often related to state institutions and large companies. Presser shows that all kinds of stories, scripts and ideologies may justify, support, cover up or deny harmful action. In her publications, cultural sociology, critical criminology and discourse analysis are intimately intertwined. |
In Memoriam |
Herinneringen aan Lodewijk Brunt(24 juni 1942 – 17 oktober 2020) |
Auteurs | Prof. dr. Richard Staring |
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Diversen |
Externe beoordelaars 2020 |