'Throughout my life I've had people walk all over me': trauma in the lives of violent men

Ellis, AJ; Winlow, S; Hall, S

Abstract

In this article we present original qualitative data gathered during prolonged ethnographic fieldwork with violent men in deindustrialised communities in the north of England. We use the data as an empirical platform for a theoretical exploration of the symbolism and subjectivising influences of traumatic life experiences in these men’s biographies. We conclude by making the tentative suggestion that there is a complex and mediated causal link between traumatic experience and a deep subjective commitment to aggression and violence in adulthood.

Citation

Ellis, A., Winlow, S., & Hall, S. (2017). 'Throughout my life I've had people walk all over me': trauma in the lives of violent men. Sociological Review, 65(4), 699-713. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026117695486

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 24, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Feb 1, 2017
• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Feb 13, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 1, 2018
• Journal: The Sociological Review
• Print ISSN: 0038-0261
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-954X
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Volume: 65
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 699-713
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026117695486
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026117695486
• Related Public URLs: https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/
• Additional Information: Projects : Men and Violence: Contextualising Dangerousness