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OverviewIn this groundbreaking work, Lois Presser investigates the life stories of men who have perpetrated violence. She 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. Been a Heavy Life 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. For social scientists generally, this book offers a vivid demonstration of just how dynamic and contingent self-narratives are. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lois PresserPublisher: University of Illinois Press Imprint: University of Illinois Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.286kg ISBN: 9780252075582ISBN 10: 0252075587 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 22 August 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews""Been a Heavy Life makes a huge contribution to several different areas of research, including the criminological study of violence and narrative psychology. Presser does researchers across disciplines a great service by wrestling with some of the most daunting methodological and theoretical problems in the intersection of these fields."" Shadd Maruna, author of Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives Been a Heavy Life makes a huge contribution to several different areas of research, including the criminological study of violence and narrative psychology. Presser does researchers across disciplines a great service by wrestling with some of the most daunting methodological and theoretical problems in the intersection of these fields. Shadd Maruna, author of Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives Author InformationLois Presser is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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