March 17, 2000
A Scholar's Brutal Childhood Inspires His Theories of Violence
Among fellow criminologists, however, both Lonnie Athens and his ideas are hard to take
Violent criminals are made, not born. That axiom has spurred research by hundreds of social scientists, but Lonnie H. Athens is one of the few who have approached their work from a personal acquaintance with mayhem.
Mr. Athens, an associate professor of criminal justice at Seton Hall University, grew up poor and vulnerable on the streets of Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C. Neighborhood
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