‘Violence is completely normal’: Managing Violence Through Narrative Normalization

This article introduces the concept ‘narrative normalization of violence’ as a theoretical framework for exploring the interplay between crime and marginality in street culture. Drawing from 4 months of ethnographic observations and 24 qualitative interviews with young men involved in a violent stre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Storm-Mathisen, Frøja (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2025, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-53
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Street culture
narrative normalization
Violence
Harm
Marginalization
Narrative Criminology