Are self-narratives strategic or determined, unified or fragmented? Reading Breivik's Manifesto in light of narrative criminology

Acta Sociologica (United Kingdom)

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-83

  Sandberg, Sveinung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

anti Islamic; anti Islamism; life story; narrative criminology; political violence; self story; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874342808     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699312466179     Document Type: Article

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