Prologue to violence : child abuse, dissociation, and crime /
Stein, Abby.
Prologue to violence : child abuse, dissociation, and crime / Abby Stein. - Mahwah, N.J. ; London : Analytic Press, 2007. - xvii, 147 p. ; 24 cm. - Psychoanalysis in a new key book series ; vol. 5 . - Psychoanalysis in a new key book series ; vol. 5. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes--Who me? Locating agency in violent narratives--Conversing with mutes--Criminals\'bad luck--Maximum perversion--Dreaming while awake--Conclusion: consciousness, culpability, and control.
Reveals what happens to those who survive horrific childhoods, only to commit terrifying crimes of their own. This work explores how unformulated traumata become embedded in Manichean scripts that provide meaning for otherwise inexplicable experiences of brutality and betrayal. It challenges the beliefs about criminal character and motivation.
9780881634167 : No price 9780881634167
Child abuse--Psychological aspects
Crime--Psychological aspects
Dissociation (Psychology)
Adult child abuse victims--Psychological aspects
Criminal psychology.
Child abuse.
Adult child abuse victims.
Crime.
Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
Criminal or forensic psychology
Child abuse
Sexual abuse & harassment
Crime & criminology
302.5 STE
Prologue to violence : child abuse, dissociation, and crime / Abby Stein. - Mahwah, N.J. ; London : Analytic Press, 2007. - xvii, 147 p. ; 24 cm. - Psychoanalysis in a new key book series ; vol. 5 . - Psychoanalysis in a new key book series ; vol. 5. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes--Who me? Locating agency in violent narratives--Conversing with mutes--Criminals\'bad luck--Maximum perversion--Dreaming while awake--Conclusion: consciousness, culpability, and control.
Reveals what happens to those who survive horrific childhoods, only to commit terrifying crimes of their own. This work explores how unformulated traumata become embedded in Manichean scripts that provide meaning for otherwise inexplicable experiences of brutality and betrayal. It challenges the beliefs about criminal character and motivation.
9780881634167 : No price 9780881634167
Child abuse--Psychological aspects
Crime--Psychological aspects
Dissociation (Psychology)
Adult child abuse victims--Psychological aspects
Criminal psychology.
Child abuse.
Adult child abuse victims.
Crime.
Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
Criminal or forensic psychology
Child abuse
Sexual abuse & harassment
Crime & criminology
302.5 STE