Video Games, Crime and Next-Gen Deviance

Craig Kelly is Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University. His research interests include violence, organised crime and illicit markets. Adam Lynes is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University, covering topics such as criminological theory, homicide, and transnational organised and corporate crime.Kevin Hoffin is Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University. His research interests include transgression, subcultures and media representations of crime and justice, particularly in comics.

• Chapter 1.Introduction; Craig Kelly, Adam Lynes and Kevin HoffinChapter 2. Social Scientists as the Architects of their own Defeat in the Study of Video Games; Max Hart Chapter 3. A chronology of video game deviance; Kevin Hoffin and Elaine DeVos  Chapter 4. Death by Swat: The Three Elements of Swatting; John Bahadur Lamb Chapter 5. Addiction, gambling and Gaming: Chasing the Digital Dragon; Melindy Brown and Saabirah OsmanChapter 6. The democratisation of white-collar criminality in video games; Craig Kelly and Adam Lynes Chapter 7. Representation of LGBTQ Communities in the Grand Theft Auto Series; Ben Colliver Chapter 8. The Normalisation of Sexual Deviance and Sexual Violence in Video Games; Kevin Hoffin and Geraldine Lee-Treweek Chapter 9. ‘Gaming the System?’ The Merits, Myth and Realities in Understanding Prison Architect: Security, Rehabilitation and Violence as Represented in the World’s Bestselling Carceral Video Game; James Treadwell Chapter 10. Conclusion; Craig Kelly, Adam Lynes and Kevin Hoffin