Introduction: What Is the Story?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword: Narrative Criminology as the New Mainstream vii
4. Introduction: What Is the Story? 1
5. Part I. Stories Construct Proper Selves
6. 1. The Rapist and the Proper Criminal 23
7. 2. In Search of Respectability 42
8. 3. Gendered Narratives of Self, Addiction, and Recovery among Women Methamphetamine Users 69
9. 4. Moral Habilitation and the New Normal 96
10. Part II. Stories Animate and Mobilize
11. 5. “The Race of Pale Men Should Increase and Multiply” 125
12. 6. Meeting the Djinn 150
13. 7. Telling Moments 174
14. Part III. Storytelling, Creative and Reflexive
15. 8. The Shifting Narratives of Violent Offenders 207
16. 9. Narrative Criminology and Cultural Criminology 235
17. 10. Narratives of Tax Evasion 260
18. Conclusion: Where to Now? 287
19. About the Contributors 301
20. Index 305