Crime, Culture & Violence

Understanding How Masculinity and Identity Shapes Offending

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From prison interviews with violent offenders and a wealth of experience and research, psychologist Dr Katie Seidler explores the complex interaction between crime and culture. Featuring the voices of the offenders themselves, 15 convicted adult male violent offenders from various ethnic cultural communities explain their understanding, motivations and rationalisations for their actions and how these relate to questions of identity, community and responsibility within their cultural experience and values. In challenging current criminological theory, Dr Seidler suggests that offenders from group-oriented (collectivist) cultures offend for group-oriented reasons, whereas those from cultures prioritising individualism offend for individual reasons. This more nuanced understanding of crime and criminals within the context of culture adds significantly both to criminological theory, as well as providing suggestions for improvements to policing and offender management and rehabilitation within the criminal justice system.
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Schrijver
Seidler, Katie
Titel
Crime, Culture & Violence
Uitgever
Australian Academic Press
Jaar
2010
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
212
Gewicht
272 gr
EAN
9781921513565
Afmetingen
216 x 140 x 13 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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