cultural criminology

Question 1

what is cultural criminology?

Answer 1

looks at crime through the lens of culture and meaning

Question 2

how was the social psychologist dumpster diver?

Answer 2

jeff ferrell

Question 3

what did Jeff Ferrell understand through dumpster diving?

Answer 3

it helped understand what people considered “garbage”

Question 4

what did Jeff Ferrell have to worry about with the police what does that tell us??

Answer 4

assuming he was homeless because he was dumpster diving. tells us that homelessness might be a common thing in that part of town

Question 5

what are the 4 examples of methods?

Answer 5

1. instant ethnography
2. immersive ethnography
3. visual ethnography
4. visual media analysis

Question 6

instant ethonography

Answer 6

instant moments of crime
exmaple: street racing

Question 7

immersive ethnography

Answer 7

long term trust building participation in subcultures

Question 8

visual ethnography

Answer 8

photography and film to study cultural practices

Question 9

visual media analysis

Answer 9

studying crime related imagery
example: body cam footage

Question 10

verstehen

Answer 10

alternative understanding or sympathetic participation

Question 11

reflexivity

Answer 11

researchers self awareness and recognition of ones positionality

Question 12

3 core theoretical principles

Answer 12

1. crime as culture
2. culture as crime
3. media construction of crime

Question 13

crime as culture

Answer 13

examines criminal behaviour as distinctly part of certain subcultures

Question 14

culture as crime

Answer 14

refers to how certain cultural art get labelled as criminal

Question 15

media construction of crime

Answer 15

• media can create panic in society over stupid stuff
• police only give us select information on crimes
• reality TV shows (cops)

Question 16

in the show cops how does “voyeurism” have a play

Answer 16

we take pleasure in watching private or forbidden events like watching people break the law