New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999, dj. Hardcover first edition - A book by this Pulitzer Prize winning author which "explores the discoveries of a maverick American criminologist, Dr. Lonnie Athens - himself the child of a violent family - which challenge conventional theories about violent behavior. By interviewing violent criminals in prison, Dr. Athens has identified a pattern of social development common to all seriously violent people-a four-stage process he calls violentization." Notes, bibliography, index. 368 pp. ISBN: 0-375402497.