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Sebastién Tutenges

Sébastien Tutenges

Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer

Sebastién Tutenges

Stories of Violence : A Narrative Criminological Study of Ambiguity

Author

  • Sveinung Sandberg
  • Sébastien Tutenges
  • Heith Copes

Summary, in English

Violence features in human life, not only as actual physical confrontation but also as stories. Stories of violence are particularly important in violence-prone subcultures and among those partaking in the illegal drug economy. Drawing on narrative analysis, this study examines stories of violence among a population of incarcerated Norwegian drug dealers. Four widespread story types are identified: business narratives, intimidation narratives, moral narratives and survivor narratives. We explore the content of these stories and the work they do for tellers while keeping a keen eye on their ambiguous nature. We argue that stories and storytellers plurivocality is often missed when stories of violence are described within established criminological traditions.

Publishing year

2015-01-01

Language

English

Pages

1168-1186

Publication/Series

British Journal of Criminology

Volume

55

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Sociology

Keywords

  • ambiguity
  • drug dealers
  • narrative
  • narrative criminology
  • story
  • violence

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0007-0955