Anthropological Criminology 2.0: Ethnographies of global crime and criminalization

David Sausdal*, Henrik Erdman Vigh

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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Abstract

This introduction seeks to outline a contemporary anthropological approach to crime and criminalization, an "anthropological criminology 2.0." This anthropological criminology distances the subfield from its social Darwinist connotations and instead etches itself clearly onto a social and political anthropological tradition. In doing so, the introduction moves from Malinowski's initial functionalist and localist approach to present-day political and global orientations. It offers five distinct propositions for anthropological criminology to engage with in the future, which we believe are essential for future anthropological studies of crime and criminalization. With these as guidelines, we hope to fully revive a much-needed dialogue between criminology and anthropology. As we shall see, anthropological and ethnographic insights are currently in demand as global, yet poorly understood, forms of crime are developing alongside ever cruder and more amplified reactions to them.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftFocaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology
Vol/bind2019
Udgave nummer85
Sider (fra-til)1-14
ISSN0920-1297
DOI
StatusUdgivet - dec. 2019

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