On the Edge of Reason? Armed Robbery, Affective Transgression, and Bounded Rationality
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Based on interviews with convicted armed robbers, this article presents their self-reported motivations. Aside from anticipated monetary reward, some of the distinctive foreground qualities of armed robbery, including hedonic thrills, fear arousal and control are revealed. The concept of “crime as defibrillation” is introduced to account for the sensory surge craved by these men to counter a life of systematic structural exclusion, dysphoria, and lack of prospect. Suffering from sensory...[Show more]
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-23T04:34:26Z | |
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dc.identifier.issn | 0163-9625 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/244989 | |
dc.description.abstract | Based on interviews with convicted armed robbers, this article presents their self-reported motivations. Aside from anticipated monetary reward, some of the distinctive foreground qualities of armed robbery, including hedonic thrills, fear arousal and control are revealed. The concept of “crime as defibrillation” is introduced to account for the sensory surge craved by these men to counter a life of systematic structural exclusion, dysphoria, and lack of prospect. Suffering from sensory asystole, it is only the most extreme and risky behavior, in the form of serious violent crime, that can revive a life otherwise flatlining and out of control. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group | |
dc.rights | © 2016 Taylor & Francis | |
dc.source | Deviant Behavior | |
dc.title | On the Edge of Reason? Armed Robbery, Affective Transgression, and Bounded Rationality | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 38 | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160200 - CRIMINOLOGY | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160800 - SOCIOLOGY | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | a383154xPUB4561 | |
local.publisher.url | http://www.routledge.com/ | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Taylor, Emmeline, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2099-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 8 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1080/01639625.2016.1229929 | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-11-23T10:54:05Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84992417337 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000404806400006 | |
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