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edgework: a standalone construct

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Criminology

voluntary risk taking that pushes toward the boundary between control and chaos, sought for the skill and intensity it brings.

In criminology, edgework refers to voluntary risk taking that pushes toward the boundary between control and chaos, sought for the skill and intensity it brings. This meaning comes from Lyng (1990) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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References

Lyng, S. (1990). Edgework: A Social Psychological Analysis of Voluntary Risk Taking. American Journal of Sociology, 95(4), 851-886. https://doi.org/10.1086/229379

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