ABSTRACT
There are not many subjects as sexy as criminology and criminological psychology. Step into a taxi, sit down for a haircut, or get chatting to a stranger on an airplane, and when you are asked, “So what do you do?” try responding: “I’m a psychologist who studies crime.” Watch their eyes light up. Getting inside the mind of the serial killer? Assisting police officers on their toughest cases? Outsmarting the smartest criminal masterminds? People love that stuff! Even the more mundane areas of criminology – prisons, prostitution, corporate crime, cop culture, gangs, sexual violence, political economy of crime, heroin markets – are all fascinating stuff.
