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Author Athens, Lonnie H., author.

Title The creation of dangerous violent criminals / Lonnie H. Athens ; with a new foreword by Richard Rhodes.

Publication Info. New York : Transaction Publishers, [2017]
©2017

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Edition Second edition.
Description xxviii, 160 pages ; 23 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Dangerous violent criminals -- The key to the creation of dangerous violent criminals -- The research rationale and strategy -- Stage one : brutalization : violent subjugation -- Stage one : brutalization : personal horrification -- Stage one : brutalization : violent coaching -- Stage two : belligerency -- Stage three : violent performances -- Stage four : virulency -- Theoretical implications -- Policy implications.
Summary "Lonnie H. Athen'; 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 "violentizatio" 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 crimina';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."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Criminal psychology.
Violent offenders -- Psychology.
Violence.
Violent offenders -- United States -- Psychology -- Case studies.
Criminal psychology. (OCoLC)fst00883467
Violence. (OCoLC)fst01167224
Violent offenders -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01167340
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Added Author Rhodes, Richard, 1937-
ISBN 1412865360
9781412865364 (paperback)

 
    
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