Abstract: The laboratory is an important but largely understudied phenomenon in criminology. This chapter delves into four criminologically relevant aspects of laboratories: (i) labs and the production of criminological knowledge, (ii) forensic labs and criminal investigations, (iii) labs as sites of crime and harm, and (iv) labs as sites of resistance. If labs are particularly pertinent to digital criminology, it is because they are increasingly digitalized and networked spaces, affecting their functionalities and relations to wider society.
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