My current work focuses on collective consumption of crime drama and ableism (and speciesism). This work draws from critical disability studies and crip theory. Concerning analytical direction, it is indebted to radical constructivism, postmodern or poststructural criminology, and narrative criminology. Previous work explores technology fetishism in relation to crime control/science; cultural criminology; and graffiti writing and street art. My work generally examines the construction and articulation of cultural frameworks that infuse processes of criminalization and normalization.

Experience

  • –present
    Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Education

  • 2009 
    Yale University, PhD

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