Human–Object Hybrid in Our Lives and Crime

Abstract

ABSTRACT The material turn with its emphasis on the role objects play in shaping human experiences has not been fully embraced in criminology. Criminology still tends to be preoccupied with binary oppositions, yet sometimes humans and objects intertwine to carry out a crime. Perpetrators and tools used to commit crimes cannot be separated. This paper explores what reframing of some criminal activities as carried out by a human-object hybrid can add to our understanding of crime. While this paper is theoretical in nature, exploration of criminal hybridity is a first step in creating more effective policies that better reflect lived experiences.