Imaginative Criminology

Lizzie Seal is Reader in Criminology at University of Sussex. She researches in the areas of historical and cultural criminology. Maggie O'Neill is Professor in Sociology at University College Cork. She is an ethnographer who researches in the areas of cultural criminology, critical theory/feminist theory, biographic, participatory and arts based/walking methods, specifically in relation to sex work and (forced) migration.

''This is much more than a `methodology book’; it re-imagines what criminology might be. I already want to re-read... A book to inspire the novice and long-time criminologist in equal measure.'' Jennifer Fleetwood, Goldsmiths, University of LondonJennifer Fleetwood, Goldsmiths, University of London.

• Imaginative Criminologies of Space - the spaces of imaginative criminology;Historical Spaces of Confinement 1: Homes for Indigenous Children in Australia;Historical Spaces of Confinement 2: Magdalene Laundries;Creative writing and the imagined spaces of imprisonment;Border Spaces and Places: the age of the camps;Imagining spaces of violence and transgression in Vancouver and Northern Ireland;Imagining Dystopian Futures in Young Adult Fiction;Conclusion.