Liamcrime

‘Criminological research for beginners—A student’s guide’ is written by Laura Caulfield and Jane Hill who are both experts in criminological research and have conducted research themselves on a range of interests including criminal psychology, restorative justice and community approaches to crime and deviance. This book is in my opinion, an essential read for those such as myself who are new to the field of criminology and find use in reading about the learned experiences and empirical conclusions made from those who have conducted academic research as well as those who may wish to re cap on key skills and philosophical theories surrounding the methodologies and routines within criminological research. It can be argued that throughout reading the book, we are provided with a space to critically reflect upon our own epistemologies, ontologies, methods and attitudes to criminological research and how we can apply them to a real life, day to day framework when researching society, ind...

From villain to hero delves into the more insightful and integrative elements of Criminology. The comic recently published by Kevin Hoffin and Dr Adam Lynes answers some questions around rehabilitative practises for offenders who have faced high levels of institutionalism and incapacitation. The narrative explores a typical criminal offence which is realistic in today’s social and economic climate. A jewellery shop heist.   The heist takes place and the comic critically explores the mental conflictions between some of the offenders, in terms of their rationale and thinking behind their crimes. This underpins several theoretical paradigms such as rational choice, differential association and relative deprivation theory which have been made accessible for not only a non-academic audience, but possibly individuals who may not have a typically high reading and writing capability. This newly founded mechanism for education provides a fresh approach to learning, teaching and rehabilita...