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Portrait David Brehm Sausdal. Photo: Johan Persson.

David Sausdal

Associate professor | Associate senior lecturer

Portrait David Brehm Sausdal. Photo: Johan Persson.

Introduction: Anthropological criminology 2.0

Author

  • David Sausdal
  • Henrik Vigh

Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2019

Language

English

Pages

1-14

Publication/Series

Focaal

Volume

2019

Issue

85

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Berghahn Books

Topic

  • Sociology

Keywords

  • Anthropology
  • Crime
  • Criminalization
  • Criminology
  • Ethnography
  • Globalization

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0920-1297