Been a Heavy Life: Stories of Violent Men (Critical Perspectives in Criminology) - Tapa blanda

Presser, Lois

 
9780252075582: Been a Heavy Life: Stories of Violent Men (Critical Perspectives in Criminology)
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ISBN 10: 0252075587 ISBN 13: 9780252075582
Editorial: University of Illinois Press, 2008

Sinopsis

In this groundbreaking work, Lois Presser investigates the life stories of men who have perpetrated violence. She applies insights from across the academy to in-depth interviews with men who shared their accounts of how they became the people we most fear--those who rape, murder, assault, and rob, often repeatedly. Been a Heavy Life provides the discipline of criminology with two crucial frameworks: one for critically evaluating the construction of offenders’ own stories, and one for grasping the cultural meta-narratives that legitimize violence. For social scientists generally, this book offers a vivid demonstration of just how dynamic and contingent self-narratives are.

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Lois Presser is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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Editorial
University of Illinois Press
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0252075587
ISBN 13 
9780252075582
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Número de páginas
200
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ISBN 10:  0252033582 ISBN 13:  9780252033582
Editorial: University of Illinois Press, 2008
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