"In this talk I want to work through the idea of policing without boundaries. I’m not referring here to a style of policing which operates without limit or constraint; rather, I want to think of policing as a spatially fluid rather than a territorially bounded set of practices. What kind of policing is possible if we dispense with conventional notions of fixed organisational spaces and segmented operational terrains - such as police force areas, bobbies on the beat, hot-spots, crime scenes, kettling, no-go areas, or red-light districts? Using the contemporary policing of paedophilia as a case study, I want to introduce an alternative vocabulary and framework for thinking about policing’s spatial imaginaries."

Crumpled Paper, by Sherrie Thai of Shaireproductions.com. Source: Flickr (CC)

Elaine Campbell is a Professor of Criminology at Newcastle University in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology. She teaches courses in cultural criminology, everyday life, visual cultures and visual methodologies, and researches and publishes on the cultural dynamics of crime and punishment, with a focus on how these are visually, performatively and discursively mobilised. Her current theoretical interests centre on the post-political landscapes of plural policing, alongside a critical exploration of prisoner creativity as political expression. Recent publications have examined stalking as choreography; cultures of victimhood; crime, affect and the city; the cultural politics of counter-terrorism; and the emotional life of governmental power.

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