Narrative criminology : understanding stories of crime /

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Imprint:New York : New York University Press, [2015]
©2015
Description:1 online resource (x, 318 pages)
Language:English
Series:Alternative criminology series
Alternative criminology series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11756504
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Other authors / contributors:Presser, Lois, editor.
Sandberg, Sveinung, editor.
ISBN:9781479895731
1479895733
9781479876778
1479876771
9781479823413
1479823414
Digital file characteristics:text file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:Stories are much more than a means of communication-stories help us shape our identities, make sense of the world, and mobilize others to action. In Narrative Criminology, prominent scholars from across the academy and around the world examine stories that animate offending. From an examination of how criminals understand certain types of crime to be less moral than others, to how violent offenders and drug users each come to understand or resist their identity as 'criminals', to how cultural narratives motivate genocidal action, the case studies in this book cover a wide array of crimes and j.
Other form:Print version: Narrative criminology. New York : New York University Press, [2015] 9781479876778
Standard no.:10.18574/9781479895731.