"That's not who I am:" How offenders commit violent acts and reject authentically violent selves

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 492-516

  Hochstetler, Andy ^a   Copes, Heith ^b   Williams, J Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Cognitive rehabilitation; Identity; Interactionism; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954147833     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820903173344     Document Type: Article

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