The Road to Hell: Neutralization of Killing in War. Issue 7 (2nd July 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The Road to Hell: Neutralization of Killing in War. Issue 7 (2nd July 2016)
- Main Title:
- The Road to Hell: Neutralization of Killing in War
- Authors:
- Kooistra, Paul G.
Mahoney, John S. - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: We explore how societies convince citizens to "go to hell, " where they kill strangers and risk their own lives. Our premise is that killing is difficult for most, regardless of context and widely considered a form of extreme deviance. Using Sykes and Matza's techniques of neutralization, we show how this aversion to killing is neutralized by placing individuals in organized—both macro-level bureaucratic and micro-level small primary groups—to justify killing. Consequently, the neutralization of mass killing illustrates the role of power in defining deviance, and the failure of neutralizations may sometimes explain Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- Is Part Of:
- Deviant behavior. Volume 37:Issue 7(2016)
- Journal:
- Deviant behavior
- Issue:
- Volume 37:Issue 7(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 37, Issue 7 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 7
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0037-0007-0000
- Page Start:
- 761
- Page End:
- 783
- Publication Date:
- 2016-07-02
- Subjects:
- Deviant behavior -- Periodicals
302.54205 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/udbh20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/01639625.2016.1140993 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0163-9625
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- British Library DSC - 3579.099900
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