Video Games, Crime, and Control: Getting Played (Routledge Studies in Crime, Culture and Media) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 103238803X ISBN 13: 9781032388038

Verlag: Routledge, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

Discussing the state of play in contemporary popular culture, specifically the role of crime and crime control in the video game medium, this book discusses the criminological importance of video games.

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Kevin F. Steinmetz is a professor of criminology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Kansas State University, USA. His scholarship cuts across multiple areas including cybercrime, criminological theory, racial inequality and criminal justice, gender and crime, as well as crime, criminal justice, and popular culture. He is the author of Hacked: A Radical Approach to Hacker Culture and Crime and Cybercrime and Society. His works have also appeared in prestigious outlets, including The British Journal of Criminology, Theoretical Criminology, Critical Criminology, Crime Media Culture.Jonathan A. Grubb is the Military Domestic Abuse Senior Research and Evaluation Analyst for the National Organization for Victim Advocacy (NOVA). His research centers on the spatiotemporal clustering of crime, victimization of vulnerable populations, perceptions and attitudes of professionals working with victims of domestic violence as well as human trafficking, and arson within urban environments. Recent publications include Crime TV: Streaming Criminology in Popular Culture which utilizes modern television shows as a frame for understanding criminological theory.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 103238803X
• ISBN 13: 9781032388038
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 204
• Herausgeber: Steinmetz Kevin F., Grubb Jonathan A.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH; GPSR@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Deutschland