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Violent Criminal Acts and Actors Revisited
Lonnie H. Athens
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Description for Violent Criminal Acts and Actors Revisited
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
Sociologist Norman K. Denzin characterized Lonnie Athens's earlier work
as "the most far-reaching, provocative, and profound analysis of violent conduct" available in criminological literature. In Violent Criminal Acts and Actors Revisited, Athens returns to his pioneering work and finds that his premises are just as relevant and original as in their earlier version--and that they have been curiously, and to society's detriment, overlooked.
Rather than finding the causes of criminal behavior in external forces
or personality disorders, as conventional wisdom often does, Athens renews his fundamental argument that a violent situation comes into being when defined by ... Read more
Sociologist Norman K. Denzin characterized Lonnie Athens's earlier work
as "the most far-reaching, provocative, and profound analysis of violent conduct" available in criminological literature. In Violent Criminal Acts and Actors Revisited, Athens returns to his pioneering work and finds that his premises are just as relevant and original as in their earlier version--and that they have been curiously, and to society's detriment, overlooked.
Rather than finding the causes of criminal behavior in external forces
or personality disorders, as conventional wisdom often does, Athens renews his fundamental argument that a violent situation comes into being when defined by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252066085
SKU
V9780252066085
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About Lonnie H. Athens
Lonnie Athens, an associate professor in the criminal justice department at Seton Hall University, has testified in court as an expert witness on violent crimes. He is the author of The Creation of Dangerous Violent Criminals.
Reviews for Violent Criminal Acts and Actors Revisited
"A brilliant extension of his earlier work."
Norman K. Denzin, author of Hollywood Shot by Shot
Norman K. Denzin, author of Hollywood Shot by Shot