TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - When being bad is good? Bringing neutralization theory to subcultural narratives of right-wing violence
JO  - Studies in conflict and terrorism
A1  - Colvin, Sarah
A1  - Pisoiu, Daniela
SP  - 493
EP  - 508
VL  - 43
IS  - 6
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1057-610X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2018.1452754
ID  - ref1
ER  -