Whether it is doing a TEDx presenting a podcast sharing on social media presenting at a conference or pitching to a potential funder engaging with storytelling and performance is now a prerequisite of an academics ‘modus operandi.’ Exploring the relationship between and the key concepts associated with storytelling and performance crime and criminology this book offers practical tips and insights into creative methods for presenting research disseminating criminological knowledge giving lectures and developing pedagogy. The book presents a reflexive account of the author's experiences of using creativity with incarcerated men and women. Drawing on a range of topics including ethical storytelling presentation literacy poetic inquiry staging ethno-drama crime fiction and auto-ethnography it makes a clear and compelling case for a creative criminology and a performative social science. Written by a seasoned criminologist theatre director storyteller and dramatist this is essential reading for all those interested in using creative methods of knowledge as a tool to explore the complex landscape of crime and justice. |Storytelling for Crime and Justice Towards a Creative Criminology: A Toolkit
