Crime-narrative complex: The romanticisation and misuse of lived experience in criminal justice
Published online on June 05, 2026
Abstract
Crime, Media, Culture, Ahead of Print.
This reflexive essay introduces theCrime–Narrative Complex(CNC), a descriptive and analytical concept for understanding how lived experience stories of crime, punishment, trauma, and desistance become curated, circulated, and commodified across criminal ...
This reflexive essay introduces theCrime–Narrative Complex(CNC), a descriptive and analytical concept for understanding how lived experience stories of crime, punishment, trauma, and desistance become curated, circulated, and commodified across criminal ...