The primary aim of Studying Crime in Fiction: An Introduction is to introduce the emerging cross-disciplinary area of study that combines the two fields of crime fiction studies and criminology.

Eric Sandberg completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, and has held positions at universities in Turkey, Japan, and Finland. He is currently Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong, and also holds a docentship at the University of Oulu, Finland. His research interests range from modernism to the contemporary novel, with a particular focus on crime fiction, adaptation, and nostalgia studies. He has written and edited six books, and his work has appeared in numerous edited collections and journals.

Introduction

Section 1: Orient You

Chapter 1: A History of Crime

Chapter 2: A History of Criminology

Chapter 3: A History of Crime Fiction

Chapter 4: A History of Crime Fiction

Chapter 5: The Criminology of Crime Fiction

Section 2: 'Equip You'

Chapter 6: Defining Crime

Chapter 7: Explaining Crime

Chapter 8: Investigating Crime

Chapter 9: Experiencing Crime

Chapter 10: Punishing Crime

Section 3 'Enable You'

Case Study 1: Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of Four­­­­--Imperial Crimes

Case Study 2: Agatha Christie's Crooked House--Family Crimes

Case Study 3: Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress--Racial Crimes

Case Study 4: Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö's The Man on the Balcony--Social Crimes

Case Study 5: Neal Stephenson's Zodiac--Environmental Crimes

Case Study 6: Natsuo Kirino's Out­­--Gendered Crimes