The Creation of Dangerous Violent Criminals

Author:   Lonnie H Athens ,  Richard Rhodes
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9781412865364


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   15 May 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Lonnie H. Athens’ path-breaking work examines a problem that has baffled experts and the general public alike: How does a person become a predatory violent criminal? In the original edition, the process that Athens labeled “violentization” encompassed four stages: brutalization, defiance, dominative engagements, and virulency. In this edition, Athens identifies a new final stage, violent predation, as the culmination of the violent criminal’s development. He uses vivid first-person accounts gleaned from in-depth interviews and participant observation of nascent and hardened violent criminals to back up his theory. In this vastly expanded edition, Athens examines how his thinking and ideas have evolved over the past thirty years and renames and clarifies two stages of development. Athens also addresses, for the first time, criticisms of his original theory. Milestones of this important work are discussed, as well as the paradoxes surrounding its present-day status in the field of criminology. Athens proposes a revised theoretical model that will be useful for classroom use, as well as for interested general readers and professionals.

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Author:   Lonnie H Athens ,  Richard Rhodes
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781412865364


ISBN 10:   1412865360
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   15 May 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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The most far-reaching, provocative, and profound analysis of violent conduct to be found in the criminological literature. -Norman K. Denzin, author of The Research Act Represents a profoundly creative and original theoretical contribution, on a par with any other criminological development this century. It is more empirically, methodologically, and theoretically sophisticated than most of the erstwhile 'famous' researches of the 'big names' in the criminological field. -John M. Johnson, Symbolic Interaction


-The most far-reaching, provocative, and profound analysis of violent conduct to be found in the criminological literature.- --Norman K. Denzin, author of The Research Act -Represents a profoundly creative and original theoretical contribution, on a par with any other criminological development this century. It is more empirically, methodologically, and theoretically sophisticated than most of the erstwhile 'famous' researches of the 'big names' in the criminological field.- --John M. Johnson, Symbolic Interaction


The most far-reaching, provocative, and profound analysis of violent conduct to be found in the criminological literature. </p> --Norman K. Denzin, author of <em>The Research Act</em></p> Represents a profoundly creative and original theoretical contribution, on a par with any other criminological development this century. It is more empirically, methodologically, and theoretically sophisticated than most of the erstwhile 'famous' researches of the 'big names' in the criminological field. </p> --John M. Johnson, <em>Symbolic Interaction</em></p>


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Lonnie H. Athens is a professor of criminal justice at Seton Hall University. He is the author of Domination and Subjugation in Everday Life and Acts of Actors Revisited. He recieved the George Herbert Mead Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction for lifetime achievement.

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