Storytelling for Crime and Justice - Towards a Creative Criminology: A Toolkit

List of contents

Introduction: let the journey begin 1 Making stories 2 Ethical storytelling as counter-narratives 3 Finding (historical) stories of crime and justice 4 Storytelling literacy, crime, and justice 5 Performative storytelling, crime and justice 6 Poetic inquiry, crime, and justice 7 Staging criminology: ethnodrama and ethnotheatre 8 Aesop's Fables, crime, and justice 9 Audio and visual storytelling, crime, and justice 10 Reflexive practice: performance auto-ethnography 11 Using crime fiction for teachable moments Epilogue: towards a creative criminology

About the author

Martin Glynn is an experienced and internationally renowned criminologist with over 40 years' experience of working in criminal justice, public health, and educational settings. As a writer, Martin has written for BBC 1's Casualty, had radio dramas produced for BBC Radio 4, written, and directed theatre productions, published poetry books, alongside being an author of children's books. He gained his PhD at Birmingham City University in 2013, where he is currently a senior lecturer in criminology as well as a member of EQUITY Actors' union, the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, and the Crime Writers' Association.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Glynn
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 09.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032866222
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3286622-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Literature & literary studies, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Legal aspects of criminology, Philosophy and theory of education, Language teaching and learning, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Adult education, continuous learning, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Criminal justice law, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Criminology: legal aspects, Research methods: general, Educational strategies and policy, Biography, Literature and Literary studies