Been a Heavy Life : Stories of Violent Men /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Presser, Lois
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Violence in men.
Criminal behavior.
Abusive men.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Men's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Violence chez l'homme.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9780252092183

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