LEADER 03072nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910960166503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613895615 010 $a9781283583169 010 $a128358316X 010 $a9780252092183 010 $a025209218X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000240921 035 $a(EBL)3414071 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711013 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11418454 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711013 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10681463 035 $a(PQKB)10640837 035 $a(OCoLC)811410007 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23779 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414071 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10593743 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL389561 035 $a(OCoLC)923495393 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414071 035 $a(Perlego)2383105 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000240921 100 $a20080212d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeen a heavy life $estories of violent men /$fLois Presser 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 225 0$aCritical perspectives in criminology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780252075582 311 08$a0252075587 311 08$a9780252033582 311 08$a0252033582 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [161]-178) and index. 327 $aSelf and story -- Offender identities, offender narratives -- Thinking about research effects -- Research methods when research is being researched -- Reform narratives : return of the good self -- Stability narratives : never a bad self -- Elastic narratives : creative integration -- Tales of heroic struggle -- The situated construction of narratives -- The power of stories. 330 8 $aIn this groundbreaking work, Lois Presser investigates the life stories of men who have perpetrated violence. She applies insights from across the academy to in-depth interviews with men who shared their accounts of how they became the people we most fear--those who rape, murder, assault, and rob, often repeatedly. Been a Heavy Life provides the discipline of criminology with two crucial frameworks: one for critically evaluating the construction of offenders' own stories, and one for grasping the cultural meta-narratives that legitimize violence. For social scientists generally, this book offers a vivid demonstration of just how dynamic and contingent self-narratives are. 410 0$aCritical Perspectives in Criminology 606 $aViolence in men 606 $aAbusive men 606 $aCriminal behavior 615 0$aViolence in men. 615 0$aAbusive men. 615 0$aCriminal behavior. 676 $a305.38/962 700 $aPresser$b Lois$01690635 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910960166503321 996 $aBeen a heavy life$94361507 997 $aUNINA