RT Article
T1 Criminological fiction: what is it good for?
JF Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology
VO 12
SP 18
OP 36
A1 McGregor, Rafe 1973-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1866360442
AB The purpose of this article is to establish the criminological value of fiction. I argue for three methodological values of criminological fiction in the context of previous research in the critical realist framework. Criminological fiction is fiction that provides criminological knowledge in virtue of one or more of its phenomenological, counterfactual, or mimetic values, i.e. by (1) representing what certain experiences are like, (2) by representing possible but non-existent situations, and (3) by representing reality in detail and with accuracy. I demonstrate the criminological potential of these values using case studies of a novel, a television series, and a feature film. I conclude that fiction has criminological value and that, in consequence, criminological fiction can provide data that complements data provided by traditional criminological sources.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 33-36
K1 Critical Realism
K1 Counterfactual thinking
K1 Fiction
K1 Film
K1 Mimesis
K1 Phenomenology