Prologue to violence : child abuse, dissociation, and crime / Abby Stein.
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TextSeries: Psychoanalysis in a new key book series ; vol. 5.Publication details: Mahwah, N.J. ; London : Analytic Press, 2007.Description: xvii, 147 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780881634167 :
- 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
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 302.5 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 203054 |
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.