To What Extent Do Criminal Biographies Add to Our Understanding of Criminality ?

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Killengrey, Hayley
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	What is the academic value of criminal “insider” accounts? How might the personal accounts of convicted criminals add to our understanding of criminal action? Might these accounts contribute to the study of criminology as a vibrant subject? Do such texts illuminate the subject in a way that makes the social reality of criminals easier to comprehend, or are they of no more value than works of fiction? These telling questions focus our attention upon an area of research which has currently received little attention, meaning that there is a gap in the existing literature on the use and usefulness of written criminal accounts. This makes this investigation particularly worthwhile, interesting and justified. This dissertating examines the differences, strengths and weaknesses between a number of criminal biographies and autobiographies and the usefulness of such criminal life stories in criminology. This Dissertation was submitted in part-fulfilment of the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Criminology at Nottingham Trent University, UK Internet Journal of Criminology © 2009
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