Citation

Austin RL. J. Crim. Justice 1983; 11(2): 93-104.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(83)90045-4

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Frantz Fanon's explanation of exceptionally high rates of intragroup violence among natives of European colonies has been virtually neglected by social scientists seeking to understand violence. This study discusses important similarities between Fanon's colonial model and subcultural theory, including Wolfgang and Ferracuti's subculture of violence thesis. More importantly, it is shown that decolonization in the Caribbean island of St. Vincent is accompanied by a decrease in the frequency of intragroup violence as the colonial model suggests.