Visual criminology and Lombroso: in memory of Nicole Rafter (1939-2016)

Nicole Rafter (1939-2016) formed her vast and diverse oeuvre long before the rise of visual criminology. Nevertheless, Rafter was a pioneer in this new, expanding field. Rafter’s scholarly interest in ‘the visual’ and biological theories of crime appeared in her early scholarship. Eventually, Rafter...

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Autor principal: West, Kate (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
En: Theoretical criminology
Año: 2017, Volumen: 21, Número: 3, Páginas: 271-287
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
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Palabras clave:
Lombroso, Cesare
History of Criminology
Nicole Rafter
Visual Criminology
Kriminologiegeschichte
Visuelle Kriminologie
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Sumario:Nicole Rafter (1939-2016) formed her vast and diverse oeuvre long before the rise of visual criminology. Nevertheless, Rafter was a pioneer in this new, expanding field. Rafter’s scholarly interest in ‘the visual’ and biological theories of crime appeared in her early scholarship. Eventually, Rafter focused on the visual and Cesare Lombroso’s (1835-1909) criminal anthropology. She discovered that Lombroso was not simply the founding figure of what is today called criminology, but of visual criminology.
ISSN:1461-7439
DOI:10.1177/1362480617692173