RUTH PENFOLD-MOUNCE is Lecturer in Criminology, University of York, UK. Her research interests include celebrity in relation to gossip, crime, victimization, consumerism and medicine as well as criminological theory, fascination and spectacle.

'By bringing the study of celebrity and criminality together and highlighting the many forms of interconnections between them, the book elucidates our often fractious engagement and fascination with both arenas...one can only hope that Penfold-Mounce's book will serve as a valuable prompt for further scholarship on this enormously rich topic.' - Crime, Media, Culture

• Introduction: Cultural Criminology and the Joy of Transgression Celebrating Criminality and Cultural Criminology Culture Industry and Foucauldian Governmentality  Resonance and Celebrated Criminality Celebrated Criminality and Governance The Undermining of Celebrated Criminality The Evolution of Celebrated Criminality Conclusion: Celebrating Crime in a Celebrity Culture Bibliography