Essays about: "Cultural Criminology"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words Cultural Criminology.

  1. 11. Acting through anecdotes: Stories of drug use as coping in view of narrative criminology

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Johanna Myrvang Løvås; [2020]
    Keywords : coping; drugs; strategies; narratives; narrative criminology;

    Abstract : The framework of narrative criminology promotes the perspective that narratives,in addition to shedding light on past conduct and experience, have the ability toserve as actions themselves, but also to influence behavior (Presser, 2009). In thisstudy, I applied the theoretical and analytical framework of narrative criminologyto identify and examine notable characteristics in stories, or narratives, of illicitdrug use as a coping strategy. READ MORE

  3. 12. Factors associated with illegal drug use in South Africa: A qualitative literature review

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Rummage Isaac; [2019]
    Keywords : Criminology; Illegal drug use; South Africa.;

    Abstract : AbstractThis study provides a comprehensive literature review of the recent peer-review and journal articles pertaining to illegal drug use in South Africa. Potential articles pertaining to South African illicit drug use published between 1994 and April 2019 were identified through an exhaustive literature pursuit. READ MORE

  4. 13. Culture and Masculinity in American School Shootings: Reviewing Evidence from Multi-Victim School Shootings

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Katri Ilona Maria Keskinen; [2018]
    Keywords : School shootings; Cultural marginalisation; Masculinity; United States; Culture; Criminology;

    Abstract : American school shootings have received a lot of media, public and academic attention within the last two decades. Still, reasons behind the shocking events lie undiscovered. Although individual factors have been widely examined, researchers are yet to find commonalities. READ MORE

  5. 14. Getting paid writing graffiti : How graffiti artists produce value within marketing

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Malcolm Jacobson; [2014]
    Keywords : Graffiti; marketing; commodification; symbolic capital; valorization; cultural criminology; urban sociology; authenticity; art worlds; subcultural capital; street art; Graffiti; marknadsföring; kommodifiering; symboliskt kapital; värdeskapande; kriminologi; urbansociologi; autenticitet; konstvärldar; subkulturellt kapital; street art; gatukonst;

    Abstract : In settings such as hotels, bars and boutiques, things like cars, sodas, clothes, and cities, are fueled with the symbolic capital of graffiti. The purpose of this ethnographic study is to understand how graffiti writers, through marketing, increase the value of their work, as well as that of other products, and how this commercialization affects the meaning of graffiti. READ MORE