The Creation of Dangerous Violent Criminals is a book by Lonnie H. Athens, originally published in 1989 by Routledge and University of Illinois Press; an expanded 2nd edition was published in 2018.

The work explores a process by which individuals become violent criminals.

[1][2] The 2nd edition has a foreword by Richard Rhodes and an introduction by the author, followed by 11 chapters:[3] It concludes with an afterward by the author and bibliography.

Lonnie H. Athens is a professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice at Seton Hall University.

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