A New Paradigm for Understanding Violence?. Testing the Limits of Lonnie Athens's Theory

Author: O'Donnell, Ian

Source: British Journal of Criminology, Volume 43, Number 4, 1 October 2003 , pp. 750-771(22)

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Abstract:

There is a burgeoning literature on the aetiology, performance and consequences of violence. Research straddles a variety of disciplines including law, sociology, psychology, anthropology, criminology, military history and theology. The `violentization theory' of Lonnie Athens is seldom encountered in the literature, although it provides an interesting way of re-framing traditional questions about violence as a process. This article serves as a critical introduction to violentization and draws on a range of source material not usually found in criminological research to test the limits of Athens's approach.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: * Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland; Ian.O' The author acknowledges the generosity of University College Dublin, which made possible the work for this article, and a wider exploration of violence in prison society, through the grant of a President's Research Award. He is grateful to Kimmett Edgar, Barry Vaughan and Peter Young for their helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper., Email: donnell@vod.ie.

Publication date: 2003-10-01

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