Carrabine, E (2012) Just Images: Aesthetics, Ethics and Visual Criminology. British Journal of Criminology, 52 (3). pp. 463-489. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azr089
Carrabine, E (2012) Just Images: Aesthetics, Ethics and Visual Criminology. British Journal of Criminology, 52 (3). pp. 463-489. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azr089
Carrabine, E (2012) Just Images: Aesthetics, Ethics and Visual Criminology. British Journal of Criminology, 52 (3). pp. 463-489. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azr089
Abstract
The last few years have seen a remarkable visual turn in criminology and this article explores some of the implications of this renewed interest in the power of images. It begins by setting out influential sociological understandings of aesthetics, before turning to the distinctive ethical questions posed by visual representations of harm, suffering and violence that feature so prominently in these multi-mediated times. These arguments are then developed in relation to the documentary photography tradition, as it explicitly confronts the relationships between aesthetics, ethics and justice, in ways that a visually attuned criminology has much to learn from, not least since contemporary practitioners have become increasingly aware that they have certain social responsibilities towards the subjects they photograph, while remaining committed to anthropological exploration, moral commitment and political reform. © 2011 The Author. Published byOxfordUniversity Press on behalf of theCentre for Crime and Justice Studies (ISTD). All rights reserved.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | crime; culture; photography; sociology; representation |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology and Criminology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2012 09:20 |
Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2024 06:12 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/1816 |