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Cultural criminology is a subfield in the study of crime that focuses on the ways in which the "dynamics of meaning underpin every process in criminal justice, including the definition of crime itself."[1]: 6 In other words, cultural criminology seeks to understand crime through the context of culture and cultural processes.[2] Rather than representing a conclusive paradigm per se, this particular form of criminological analysis interweaves a broad range of perspectives that share a sensitivity to “image, meaning, and representation” to evaluate the convergence of cultural and criminal processes.[3]: 395
As opposed to other theories, cultural criminology views crime in the context of an offenders culture as a motive to commit crime. The theory gives motives to a crime, whereas other theories, such as rational choice theory, explain what was gained.
- ^ Ilan, Jonathan (March 2019). "Cultural Criminology: The Time is Now" (PDF). Critical Criminology. 27 (1): 5–20. doi:10.1007/s10612-019-09430-2. S2CID 150671940.
- ^ Ferrell, Jeff, Keith Hayward, and Jock Young. 2008. Cultural Criminology: An Investigation. Los Angeles: SAGE. ISBN 9781412931267.
- ^ Ferrell, Jeff (1999). "Cultural Criminology". Annual Review of Sociology. 25: 395–418. doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.25.1.395. JSTOR 223510.