Apocalyptic Violence: The Seduction of Terrorist Subcultures

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-339

  Hamm, Mark S ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

apocalyptic violence; cultural criminology; moral transcendence; neo Nazism; terrorism; terrorist subcultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242814604     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480604044612     Document Type: Article

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