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Been a heavy life : stories of violent men /
Investigates the life stories of men who have perpetrated violence. Presser 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. She provides the disc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[2008]
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| Colección: | Critical perspectives in criminology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Investigates the life stories of men who have perpetrated violence. Presser 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. She 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. From publisher description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-178) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252092183 025209218X 128358316X 9781283583169 9786613895615 661389561X |