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Been a Heavy Life

Stories of Violent Men
  • ISBN-13: 9780252075582
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By Lois Presser
  • Price: AUD $60.99
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  • Local release date: 14/10/2008
  • Format: Paperback 200 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Sociology [JHB]
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In 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.“A must-read for anyone interested in critical criminology, violent offending, or qualitative methods. . . . Presser provides a unique and fresh new perspective into cultural narratives that legitimate violence.--Critical Criminology “Interviews of 27 men convicted of violent crime . . . presented in the context of a mass imprisonment binge, illustrate individual struggles and broader issues related to the politics of criminalization and criminal justice. . . . Highly recommended.--Choice“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
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