Actor-Network Theory and Crime Studies (eBook)

Explorations in Science and Technology

Martin Dufresne, Dominique Robert (Autoren)

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2016
160 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-1-317-18562-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Developed by Bruno Latour and his collaborators, actor-network theory (ANT) offers crimes studies a worthy intellectual challenge. It requires us to take the performativity turn, consider the role of objects in our analysis and conceptualize all actants (human and non-human) as relational beings. Thus power is not the property of one party, but rather it is an effect of the relationships among actants. This innovative collection provides a series of empirical and theoretical contributions that shows: The importance of conceptualizing and analyzing technologies as crucial actants in crime and crime control. The many facets of ANT: its various uses, its theoretical blending with other approaches, its methodological implications for the field. The fruitfulness of ANT for studying technologies and crime studies: its potential and limitations for understanding the world and revamping crime studies research goals. Students, academics and policy-makers will benefit from reading this collection in order to explore criminology-related topics in a different way.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.3.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• ISBN-10: 1-317-18562-5 / 1317185625
• ISBN-13: 978-1-317-18562-8 / 9781317185628