// The versions of a villain
The versions of a villain
The same villain in different eras: novel, film, series. As the version changes, so does the theory that explains it.
The Joker4 versions · 1940–2019Deterrence Theory → Cultural criminology → Social control → Anomie / Strain
Dracula3 versions · 1897–1992Postcolonial Criminology → Psychopathy → General strain
Frankenstein’s Creature3 versions · 1818–1935Labeling → Neurocriminology → Attachment
Hannibal Lecter3 versions · 1988–2013Free will → Psychopathy → Moral disengagement
Mr Hyde3 versions · 1886–1931Born criminal / Atavism → Differential association → Criminological psychoanalysis
Pennywise4 versions · 1986–2019Routine activity theory → Social Contagion and the Geography of Fear → General strain → Life-course criminology
Norman Bates3 versions · 1959–2013Social control → Criminological psychoanalysis → Attachment
Cruella de Vil4 versions · 1956–2021Green criminology → Rational choice theory → Green criminology → Primary and Secondary Deviance
Tom Ripley4 versions · 1955–2024Psychopathy → Deterrence Theory → Relative deprivation → Rational choice theory