Dying for Control:  Men, Murder and Sub-Lethal Violence

Fiona Brookman

Dying for Control: Men, Murder and Sub-Lethal Violence

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Abstract

The central concern of this paper is to unravel the links between men's use of violence and their perceptions and understandings of the functions that violence serves. To these ends, the accounts of twenty violent men, convicted of either killing or violently assaulting other men are examined. The interview data suggest that regardless of the specific nature of violent acts, i.e whether they involve lethal outcomes or not, or whether they are the result of some spontaneous disagreement or are planned, some common goals seem to unite many of the acts. Specifically these goals appear to revolve around the need to control other individuals as well as one's own social identity and are intrinsically linked to the men's wish to project and protect a particular kind of masculine image.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The British Criminology Conference - Selected Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	Papers from the British Society of Criminology Conference, Liverpool, July 1999.
Publisher	British Society of Criminology
Pages	284-304
Volume	Volume 3
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2000
Event	British Criminology Conference 1999: Criminology: towards the millennium - Centre for Criminal Justice, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom Duration: 13 Jul 1999 → 16 Jul 1999

Conference

Conference	British Criminology Conference 1999
Abbreviated title	BCS 1999
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Liverpool
Period	13/07/99 → 16/07/99

Keywords

criminology
murder
crime
violence
Men
male
killing

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Dying for Control: Men, Murder and Sub-Lethal Violence. / Brookman, Fiona.
The British Criminology Conference - Selected Proceedings: Papers from the British Society of Criminology Conference, Liverpool, July 1999. . Vol. Volume 3 British Society of Criminology, 2000. p. 284-304.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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