August 2022 Academic & Specialist General Titles

New Horizons in Criminology

A Criminology Of Narrative Fiction Rafe McGregor

New Horizons in Criminology

A Criminology Of Narrative Fiction
Rafe McGregor


Paperback | Aug 2022 | Bristol University Press | 9781529208061 | 176pp | 234x156mm | RFB | AUD$49.99, NZD$59.99
Hardback | Jan 2021 | Bristol University Press | 9781529208054 | 176pp | 234x156mm | RFB | AUD$140.00, NZD$180.00

Drawing on complex narratives across film, TV, novels and graphic novels, this authoritative critical analysis demonstrates the value of fictional narratives as a tool for understanding, explaining and reducing crime and social harm. McGregor establishes an original theory of the criminological value of fiction.

Criminology has been reluctant to embrace fictional narratives as a tool for understanding, explaining and reducing crime and social harm. In this philosophical enquiry, McGregor uses examples from films, television, novels and graphic novels to demonstrate the extensive criminological potential of fiction around the world. Building on previous studies of non-fiction narratives, the book is the first to explore the ways criminological fiction provides knowledge of the causes of crime and social harm. For academics, practitioners and students, this is an engaging and thought-provoking critical analysis that establishes a bold new theory of criminological fiction.