Cultural Criminology Unleashed

CULTURAL CRIMINOLOGY UNLEASHED Edited by Jeff Ferrell, Keith Hayward, Wayne Morrison and Mike Presdee First published in Great Britain 2004 by The GlassHouse Press, The Glass House, Wharton Street, London WC1X 9PX, United Kingdom Telephone: + 44 (0)20 7278 8000 Facsimile: + 44 (0)20 7278 8080 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cavendishpublishing.com Published in the United States by Cavendish Publishing c/o International Specialized Book Services, 5824 NE Hassalo Street, Portland, Oregon 97213-3644, USA Published in Australia by The GlassHouse Press, 45 Beach Street, Coogee, NSW 2034, Australia Telephone: + 61 (2)9664 0909 Facsimile: +61 (2)9664 5420 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cavendishpublishing.com.au © Cavendish Publishing Limited 2004 Chapter 2 © Tony Jefferson 2004 All rights reserved. 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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A record is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available ISBN 1-90438-537-0 ISBN 978-1-904-38537-0 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Printed and bound in Great Britain Cover image supplied by Cécile Van de Voorde “pourin’ off of every page” Acknowledgments The seeds of Cultural Criminology Unleashed were first sown at a small conference held at the University of London’s Chancellor’s Hall in the late Spring of 2003. Organised by two of the book’s editors – Keith Hayward and Wayne Morrison – and generously supported by a financial bursary from the University of London’s External Law Programme, the First International Conference on Cultural Criminology drew together a host of scholars from a range of disciplines and theoretical orientations. From the outset it was clear that there was much heat and light around the theories and political positions that animate cultural criminology, and the conference proved a stimulating forum for presenting current thinking and research in this area. Importantly, the conference also contributed to a shared sense of urgency among many of its participants, a sense that the time for a fully developed cultural criminology had now arrived. This collective urgency to push forward a culturally inspired criminology was further evidenced by the dynamic group of international scholars that subsequently came forward to be a part of this collection. Consequently, it is the contributors to Cultural Criminology Unleashed that the editors would most like to thank. Their enthusiasm for the project and above all their good grace in the face of fast-closing deadlines set by editors determined to drive the book through on time was tremendously appreciated. We hope they like the results. We must, of course, thank our friend and Commissioning Editor at GlassHouse Press, Beverley Brown, whose support and enthusiasm has never once wavered since we first approached her with the idea for this collection. Likewise, our editor, Ruth Massey, has also been a model of patience, efficiency and professionalism. Ruth was also instrumental in ensuring that the book was published in good time. Thanks more generally to all the good people at GlassHouse/Cavendish. Nearly 10 years ago now, Ferrell and Sanders’ Cultural Criminology (Northeastern University Press, 1995) began the process of weaving the many intellectual and political threads of cultural criminology into a coherent model of analysis and critique; with Cultural Criminology Unleashed, and the many new lines of intellectual inquiry its contributors bring to it, that process continues. The editors dedicate this book to all those many scholars and researchers around the world who continue to support and participate in the ongoing project of cultural criminology. We hope that Cultural Criminology Unleashed can contribute in some way to our shared purpose and passion. From Jeff, Mike and Wayne, many thanks to Keith for taking on the lion’s share of the burden of organising the authors and turning around the text. We would not have been able to meet our deadlines without his energy and dedication. Jeff Ferrell, Keith Hayward, Mike Presdee and Wayne Morrison October 2004 About the Contributors Heitor Alvelos, PhD (RCA), MFA (SAIC) is Senior Lecturer in Communication Design at the University of Oporto – School of Fine Arts, and a Visiting Tutor at the Drawing Studio of the Royal College of Art. He researches contemporary audiovisual culture, and is also a multimedia artist designer whose work has been exhibited/published/presented since 1983. Frank Bovenkerk is a cultural anthropologist and Professor of Criminology at the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. He has published extensively on migration, discrimination and organised crime. David C Brotherton grew up in the East End of London, where he worked in various blue-collar jobs while organising labour and youth. He came to the US in the early 1980s where he gained his doctorate in Sociology from UC Santa Barbara. In 1994, David moved to New York, where he continued his research on youth resistance and marginalisation, co-founding the Street Organization Project at John Jay College in 1997. In 1998 and 2001, he co-organised the first academic/practitioner/community conferences on street youth to be held in New York since the 1960s and is currently preparing for a third conference to be held in Brazil. During 2002–03, David was a Visiting Professor of Law and Sociology at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and organised the first ever conference on deportees from the US. He has published two books with Columbia University Press: The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation: Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang (co-authored with Luis Barrios, 2004) and Gangs and Society: Alternative Perspectives (co-edited with Louis Kontos and Luis Barrios, 2003). A third book entitled Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Youth, Marginalization and Empowerment, co-edited with Michael Flynn, is forthcoming. Chris Cunneen teaches criminology at the University of Sydney Law School. He is also Director of the Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney, and Chairperson of the New South Wales Juvenile Justice Advisory Council. He has published a number of books, including Conflict, Politics and Crime (Allen & Unwin, 2001), Indigenous People and the Law in Australia (co-authored with Terry Libesman, Butterworths, 1995), Juvenile Justice. Youth and Crime in Australia (co-authored with Rob White, Oxford University Press, 2002), and co-edited Faces of Hate: Hate Crime in Australia (Federation Press, 1997). Mark Fenwick is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Kyushu University, Japan. Jeff Ferrell earned his PhD in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin, and is currently Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Texas Christian University. He is the author of Crimes of Style (Northeastern University Press, 1996), Tearing Down the Streets (Palgrave/Macmillan/St Martin’s, 2001/2002), and Empire of Scrounge (New York University Press, forthcoming 2005), and is lead co-editor of three books: Cultural Criminology (Northeastern University Press, 1995), Ethnography at the Edge (Northeastern University Press, 1998), and Making Trouble (Aldine de Gruyter, 1999). He is the founding and current editor of the New York University Press book series Alternative Criminology, and one of the founding editors of the journal Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal (Sage). In 1998 he received the Critical Criminologist of the Year Award from the American Society of Criminology. viii Cultural Criminology Unleashed Chris Greer is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle, UK. His research focuses on criminological theory, media representations of crime, deviance and control, the construction of victimhood, and the intersections between crime and culture. Chris’ first book, Sex Crime and the Media: Sex Offending and the Press in a Divided Society (Willan, 2003), was shortlisted for the Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2004. Chris is also founding editor, with Yvonne Jewkes and Jeff Ferrell, of Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, to be launched with Sage Publications in 2005. Steve Hall is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle, UK. His recent published work includes critical analyses of a range of contemporary criminological issues, including youth violence, governance and control, social exclusion and social order. Steve is also a successful musician. Mark S Hamm is Professor of Criminology at Indiana State University, USA. He is the author of numerous books and articles on terrorism and human rights, including In Bad Company: America’s Terrorist Underground (Northeastern University Press, 2002), American Skinheads: The Criminology of Hate Crimes (Praeger, 1993), and The Abandoned

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