Eric Sandberg completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, and has held positions at universities in Turkey, Japan, and Finland. He is currently Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong, and also holds a docentship at the University of Oulu, Finland. His research interests range from modernism to the contemporary novel, with a particular focus on crime fiction, adaptation, and nostalgia studies. He has written and edited six books, and his work has appeared in numerous edited collections and journals.

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• Introduction Section 1: Orient You Chapter 1: A History of Crime Chapter 2: A History of CriminologyChapter 3: A History of Crime Fiction Chapter 4: A History of Crime Fiction Chapter 5: The Criminology of Crime Fiction Section 2: ‘Equip You’ Chapter 6: Defining Crime Chapter 7: Explaining CrimeChapter 8: Investigating Crime Chapter 9: Experiencing Crime Chapter 10: Punishing CrimeSection 3 ‘Enable You’ Case Study 1: Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four­­­­––Imperial Crimes Case Study 2: Agatha Christie’s Crooked House––Family CrimesCase Study 3: Walter Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress––Racial Crimes Case Study 4: Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö’s The Man on the Balcony––Social CrimesCase Study 5: Neal Stephenson’s Zodiac––Environmental Crimes Case Study 6: Natsuo Kirino’s Out­­––Gendered Crimes

Eric Sandberg completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, and has held positions at universities in Turkey, Japan, and Finland. He is currently Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong, and also holds a docentship at the University of Oulu, Finland. His research interests range from modernism to the contemporary novel, with a particular focus on crime fiction, adaptation, and nostalgia studies. He has written and edited six books, and his work has appeared in numerous edited collections and journals.

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• Introduction Section 1: Orient You Chapter 1: A History of Crime Chapter 2: A History of CriminologyChapter 3: A History of Crime Fiction Chapter 4: A History of Crime Fiction Chapter 5: The Criminology of Crime Fiction Section 2: ‘Equip You’ Chapter 6: Defining Crime Chapter 7: Explaining CrimeChapter 8: Investigating Crime Chapter 9: Experiencing Crime Chapter 10: Punishing CrimeSection 3 ‘Enable You’ Case Study 1: Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four­­­­––Imperial Crimes Case Study 2: Agatha Christie’s Crooked House––Family CrimesCase Study 3: Walter Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress––Racial Crimes Case Study 4: Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö’s The Man on the Balcony––Social CrimesCase Study 5: Neal Stephenson’s Zodiac––Environmental Crimes Case Study 6: Natsuo Kirino’s Out­­––Gendered Crimes

Eric Sandberg completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, and has held positions at universities in Turkey, Japan, and Finland. He is currently Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong, and also holds a docentship at the University of Oulu, Finland. His research interests range from modernism to the contemporary novel, with a particular focus on crime fiction, adaptation, and nostalgia studies. He has written and edited six books, and his work has appeared in numerous edited collections and journals.

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• Introduction Section 1: Orient You Chapter 1: A History of Crime Chapter 2: A History of CriminologyChapter 3: A History of Crime Fiction Chapter 4: A History of Crime Fiction Chapter 5: The Criminology of Crime Fiction Section 2: ‘Equip You’ Chapter 6: Defining Crime Chapter 7: Explaining CrimeChapter 8: Investigating Crime Chapter 9: Experiencing Crime Chapter 10: Punishing CrimeSection 3 ‘Enable You’ Case Study 1: Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four­­­­––Imperial Crimes Case Study 2: Agatha Christie’s Crooked House––Family CrimesCase Study 3: Walter Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress––Racial Crimes Case Study 4: Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö’s The Man on the Balcony––Social CrimesCase Study 5: Neal Stephenson’s Zodiac––Environmental Crimes Case Study 6: Natsuo Kirino’s Out­­––Gendered Crimes