Epistemology of Criminological Cinema

David Grčki is a philosopher and a film scholar who specializes in narrative aesthetics, film theory, and critical thinking. He is an associate lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Rijeka.Rafe McGregor is the author of eight books, including The Value of Literature (2016) and Literary Theory and Criminology (2023). He is Reader in Criminology at Edge Hill University in the UK, where he researches culture, political violence, and policing.

• 1 Introduction2 Criminological cinema3 Transformative justice4 Utopian justice5 Deterministic justice6 Cinematic epistemology7 Conclusion

"Engaging and challenging, this book posits the value and usefulness of the term ‘criminological cinema’. Grčki and McGregor offer an important philosophical engagement with criminology around a central but neglected facet of understanding: epistemology. Using case studies, they examine concepts of social harm and (in)justice, to illustrate that cinema has a valuable epistemological and pedagogical role in criminological analysis." - Professor Jon Frauley, University of Ottawa"A timely and original contribution working at the intersection of criminology and epistemology, Grčki and McGregor argue that screen stories which have epistemic and moral value can be used to reconceptualize justice, improving people’s lives and changing the world for the better. The discussion of examples makes their argument insightful and the reading absolutely enjoyable." - Professor Íngrid Vendrell-Ferran, University of Marburg"In this compelling and innovative book, Grčki and McGregor forge new paths for criminological engagement with cinema. Masterfully drawing together epistemic threads, they highlight and enliven existing affinities between zemiology and criminology. Beyond visual criminology, crime and media, there are new analytical frontiers where cinematic images are taken into account alongside the social and material forces of harm. Grčki and McGregor offer some of the first explorations of those frontiers. For anyone teaching, researching, or reading at the intersection of harm, criminology, and cinema, this is a must-have book." - Dr Bill McClanahan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville