50 Dark Destinations - by Adam Lynes & Craig Kelly & James Treadwell (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, 'dark tourism' is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or live around such tourist hotspots. Highlighting 50 travel destinations across six continents, expert criminologists, psychologists and historians explore the past and contemporary issues which we often disregard during our everyday leisure. This captivating book is the 'go-to' guide for anyone interested in crime and deviance-related tourism. Accessible and digestible, it exposes a worrying trend in contemporary consumer culture, in which many of us partake.

About the Author

Adam Lynes is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University. Craig Kelly is Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University. James Treadwell is Professor in Criminology at Staffordshire University.