Contagion of Violence: The Role of Narratives, Worldviews, Mechanisms of Transmission and Contagion Entrepreneurs
This paper develops the theory of the social contagion of violence by proposing a four-part analytical framework that focuses on: (1) contagious narratives and the accompanying behavioural script about the use of violence as a response to those narratives; (2) population susceptibility to these narr...
Main Authors: | Miranda Forsyth, Philip Gibbs |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Queensland University of Technology
2019-11-01
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Series: | International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy |
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Online Access: | https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/1217 |
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