The Critical Foundations of Visual Criminology: The State, Crisis, and the Sensory

Abstract

This article considers the manner in which visual criminology has flourished in the current moment, while exploring its foundational relations and points of distinction as a form of critical criminology. In particular, we devote attention to the relationship of images to control, power and resistance at a time defined by the spectacular proliferation of media. We also discuss new and recent directions in visual criminology that enlarge our understandings of both critical and visual work, including forensic architecture and sensory criminology.

Photovoice i (re)socijalizacija prestupnika

“…Teorijski osnovi za primenu photovoice metoda na poslednju grupu učesnika mogu se pronaći u vizuelnoj kriminologiji, koja insistira na teorijski i metodološki utemeljenom razumevanju i tumačenju slika u cilju proširenja saznanja o različitim pojavama vezanim za kriminalna ispoljavanja i društvenu reakciju na njih (Brown, Carrabine, 2017). Imajući u vidu snažne efekte vizuelnih reprezentacija, vizuelna kriminologija otvara brojne mogućnosti na polju kritičke kriminologije (Brown, Carrabine, 2019). Ona osvetljava društvene odnose koji dovode do različitih neprihvatljivih ponašanja -krivičnih dela i procesa koji doprinose kriminalnom ispoljavanju, ali i interpersonalnom, pa čak i sistemskom i strukturnom nasilju (Brown, Carrabine, 2019).…”

“…Imajući u vidu snažne efekte vizuelnih reprezentacija, vizuelna kriminologija otvara brojne mogućnosti na polju kritičke kriminologije (Brown, Carrabine, 2019). Ona osvetljava društvene odnose koji dovode do različitih neprihvatljivih ponašanja -krivičnih dela i procesa koji doprinose kriminalnom ispoljavanju, ali i interpersonalnom, pa čak i sistemskom i strukturnom nasilju (Brown, Carrabine, 2019). U tom kontekstu, uvidi vizuelne kriminologije relevantni su i za preispitivanje odnosa moći, tenzija koje postoje između socijalnih struktura i "Photovoice i (re)socijalizacija prestupnika", (str.…”

“…strukturnih nejednakosti svojstvenih modernom društvu, a na koje je fokusirana kritička kriminologija (Brown, Carrabine, 2019).…”

Introduction: Visual Sociology and the Relational Image

“…Images surround everything we do, and it is no coincidence that the analysis of and the ways in which we receive and respond to images has become a field of intense enquiry for a host of disciplines, including sociology. Visual sociology is part of a wider scholarly and pedagogic ‘visual turn’ within the social sciences which is now complemented by the emergent field of visual global politics and international relations (Bleiker 2018 ; Callahan 2020 ; Chouliaraki et al 2019 ) and visual criminology (Brown and Carrabine 2019 ; Carrabine 2012 ).…”

Indefinite stuckness: Listening in a time of hyper-incarceration and border entrapment

“…Rather than analysing the affective potentials of new sound media for witnessing secretive systems of offshore detention (Rae et al., 2019), this article explores how audible accounts of confinement shed light on the temporal and spatial aspects of carceral experiences, and how these aspects align and vary between distinct (onshore and offshore) systems of imprisonment. We are aware that there are many possible directions for studies of the relationship between sound and carcerality, which include important contributions to a broader sensory criminological project (Brown and Carrabine, 2019; McClanahan and South, 2019), such as Hemsworth’s (2016) examination of sound as an emotional anchor and spatialising tool in Canadian prisons. Our primary interest in sound in this article lies with its capacity to serve as a vehicle or medium for learning about the specific meanings that people ascribe to their experiences of confinement that are otherwise largely inaccessible to prison researchers.…”