Framing Excessive Violence [electronic resource] : Discourse and Dynamics /
Ziegler, Daniel.editor.
Gerster, Marco.editor.
Krämer, Steffen.editor.
This book explores the dynamics of excessive violence, using a broad range of interdisciplinary case studies. It highlights that excessive violence depends on various contingencies and is not always the outcome of rational decision making. The contributors also analyse the discursive framing of acts of excessive violence.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book explores the dynamics of excessive violence, using a broad range of interdisciplinary case studies. It highlights that excessive violence depends on various contingencies and is not always the outcome of rational decision making. The contributors also analyse the discursive framing of acts of excessive violence.
Forensic psychology.
Criminology.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Sociology.
Forensic Psychology.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Crime and Society.
Sociology, general.