Violent Criminal Acts and Actors Revisited

Name: Violent Criminal Acts and Actors Revisited
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ISBN: 9780252066085

ISBN-10: 0252066081

ISBN-13: 9780252066085

Edition: 1997

Authors: Lonnie H. Athens

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Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 3/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface



The Original Study


Foreword




The Problem: Violent Criminal Acts and Actors



A Review and Critique of the Dominant Approaches Taken in the Study of Violent Criminality



An Interpretive Approach



Self as Process: Interpretation of the Situation



When Interpretations of Situations Lead to Violent Criminal Acts



Self as Object: Self-Images



Self as Object and Process: The Linkage between Self-Images and Interpretations



Careers of Violent Actors



Conclusions



Data on Convicted Violent Offenders



Participant Observation of Violent Actors and Acts



A Second Look at Violent Criminal Acts and Actors



Introduction



The Conflicting Assumptions of Positivism and Interpretivism



The Origin of My Interest in Violent Crime



The Preliminary Phase: The Self and the Violent Criminal Act



The Principal Phase, I: Violent Criminal Acts and Actors



The Principal Phase, II: The Larger Theoretical Implications



The Principal Phase, III: The Policy Implications



Final Thoughts


Works Cited


Index