Full Description
Discussing the state of play in contemporary popular culture, specifically the role of crime and crime control in the video game medium, this book discusses the criminological importance of video games.
Pulling together an international group of scholars from Brazil, Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, this edited volume analyzes a wide range of noteworthy video games, including Bioshock, Death Stranding, Diablo 2, Beat Cop, The Last of Us, Disco Elysium, Red Dead Redemption, P.T., Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Grand Theft Auto. The book thus seeks to advance dialog on video games as important cultural artifacts containing significant insights regarding dominant perceptions, interests, anxieties, contradictions, and other matters of criminological interest.
Covering policing, vigilantism, different forms of violence, genocide, mental illness, and criminological theory, Video Games, Crime, and Control will be of great interest to students and scholars of Criminology, Media Studies, and Sociology, specifically those focusing on Game Studies and Cultural Criminology.
Contents
Introduction
Kevin F. Steinmetz & Jonathan A. Grubb
Chains in Bioshock: The Illusion of Freedom and Free Will
Melissa A. Petkovsek
The Apprehensive Violence of Death Stranding: Meditations on Ropes and Sticks
Kevin F. Steinmetz
"Are You Sure the Only You is You?": Domestic Violence and Critiquing the Other in the Spectral Remains of P.T.
Sara Skott & Karl-Fredrik Scott Bengtson
Demonology, Dark Fantasy, and the Devil: Representations of Early Criminological Theory and Justice in Diablo 2.
Chad Posick
"We're Thieves in a World that Don't Want Us No More": The Red Dead Redemption Series as a Case Study of the Philosophies of Punishment
Shon M. Reed, Logan P. Kennedy, & Breanna Boppre
Making Light of Darkness: Crime and Justice in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Colin Atkinson
Fighting Fire with Fire: Disco Elysium and procedural (In)Justice
Edward L. W. Green
To Serve and Protect from Behind the Mask: Miles Morales in Marvel's Spider-Man and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Policing, Justice, and Representation
Christina Fawcett & Steven Kohm
Cynicism in Police Simulation: A Case Study of Beat Cop
James Popham, Andrea Corradi, Michael Ouellet, Sarthak Pal, Chris McDiarmid, Jocelyn Booton, & Michelle Goodridge
