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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Presser, Lois
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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