Prologue to Violence : Child Abuse, Dissociation, and Crime

ISBN-13: 9780881634167 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 147 str.

Abby Stein

Opis

< P> < P> Despite mounting references to the transgenerational transmission of violence, we still lack a compelling understanding of the linkage between the interpersonal violence of early life and the criminal violence of adulthood. In < EM> Prologue to Violence< /EM> , Abby Stein draws on the gripping narratives of 65 incarcerated subjects and extensive material from law enforcement files to remedy this lacuna in both the forensic and psychodynamic literature. In the process, she calls into question prevailing beliefs about criminal character and motivation.< /P> < /P>

Spis treści

Stern, Foreword. Preface. Who Me? Locating Agency in Violent Narratives. Slippery Characters: Methods and Sources. Conversing With Mutes. Criminals' Bad Luck. Maximum Perversion. Dreaming While Awake. Conclusion: Consciousness, Culpability, and Control. References. Acknowledgements.
 

O autorze

The author of numerous articles on criminal psychopathology, child abuse and neglect, and states of consciousness during acts of violence, Abby Stein, Ph.D., is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Inter-disciplinary Studies Program of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City of New York. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology.