| ID | 172060 |
| Title Proper | When Being Bad is Good? Bringing Neutralization Theory to Subcultural Narratives of Right-Wing Violence |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Pisoiu, Daniela ; Colvin, Sarah |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Bringing together terrorism studies, subcultural theory, and narrative criminology, we here test the thesis that neutralization theory might be (further) developed to provide a framework for understanding stories of ideologically informed subcultural violence. Beginning with Gresham Sykes's and David Matza's original five neutralizations, we illustrate how actors engage them in three modes: the encultured, the subcultural, and (tentatively) the postnarrative mode. We test the first two modes in particular against narratives and narrative fragments from interviews with men convicted of right-wing violence in Germany. Our findings provide a preliminary illustration of what neutralization theory might bring to research into political violence. |
| `In' analytical Note | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Vol. 43, No.4-6; Apr-Jun 2020: p. 493-508 |
| Journal Source | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Vol: 43 No 4-6 |
| Key Words | Neutralization Theory ; Subcultural Narratives ; Right-Wing Violence |