Actor-Network Theory and Crime Studies: Explorations in Science and Technology

Actor-Network Theory and Crime Studies: Explorations in Science and Technology
ISBN-10
1317185625
ISBN-13
9781317185628
Category
Social Science
Pages
160
Language
English
Published
2016-03-23
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Dominique Robert, Martin Dufresne

Description

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.

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