RT Article
T1 Criminal narrative experience: relating emotions to offence narrative roles during crime commission
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 61
IS 14
SP 1531
OP 1553
A1 Ioannou, Maria
A2 Canter, David 1944-
A2 Youngs, Donna
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1580673066
AB A neglected area of research within criminality has been that of the experience of the offence for the offender. The present study investigates the emotions and narrative roles that are experienced by an offender while committing a broad range of crimes and proposes a model of criminal narrative experience (CNE). Hypotheses were derived from the circumplex of emotions, Frye, narrative theory, and its link with investigative psychology. The analysis was based on 120 cases. Convicted for a variety of crimes, incarcerated criminals were interviewed and the data were subjected to smallest space analysis (SSA). Four themes of CNE were identified: Elated Hero, Calm Professional, Distressed Revenger, and Depressed Victim in line with the recent theoretical framework posited for narrative offence roles. The theoretical implications for understanding crime on the basis of the CNE as well as practical implications are discussed.
K1 Criminal narrative experience
K1 Criminal narratives
K1 Offenders’ narratives
K1 Emotions and crime
K1 Emotionen
K1 Erlebnisse
K1 Narrative
K1 Kriminalität
DO 10.1177/0306624X15625991