CrimComics & Teaching Tools
Where criminology meets comics—and classrooms come alive!
Meet CrimComics!
CrimComics brings criminology to life through illustrated storytelling — pairing theory, research, and real-world examples in a visual format perfect for students and educators alike.
CrimComics Issue 1: Origins of Criminology
This issue introduces students to the two major schools of criminological thought: the Classical School and the Positivist School. This issue discusses the concepts developed by the major proponents of these schools: Cesare Beccaria, Jeremy Bentham, and Cesare Lombroso.
CrimComics Issue 2: Biology and Criminality
This double issue introduces students to how biology has been used to explain criminal behavior. Part I of this issue traces early biological theories of crime and Part II discusses current biosocial approaches used to understand criminality.
CrimComics Issue 3: Classical and Neoclassical Criminology
This issue begins with introducing students to Cesare Beccaria and Jeremy Bentham, two of the main proponents of the Classical School of criminology. This issue then outlines changes in the United States that led to a resurgence of these ideas in the latter part of the twentieth century, which influenced the development of several neoclassical criminological theories.
The story behind Crimcomics
Created by criminologist Krista S. Gehring, Ph.D. and illustrator Michael R. Batista, CrimComics transforms complex theories into visual narratives that inspire learning and critical thinking.
Each volume blends art and scholarship, proving that criminology can be both rigorous and readable.
Want to know how it all started? Check out the blog post that outlines how CrimComics came to be!
