From fine art to popular digital culture, criminologists are
increasingly engaged in the processes of the visual. In this pioneering
work, Bill McClanahan provides a concise and lively overview of the
origins and contemporary role of visual criminology. Detailing and
employing the most prominent approaches at work in visual criminology,
this book explores the visual perspective in relation to prisons,
police, the environment, and drugs, while noting the complex social and
ethical implications embedded in visual research. This original book
broadens the horizons of criminological engagement and reveals how
visual criminology offers new and critical ways to understand and
theorize crime and harm.