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Bielby and Murer interview Steve Pratt, former SAS soldier. After returning from his final tour, Pratt encountered what he describes as ‘a kind of mental health break-down’ in which he experienced fantasies of violent perpetration. While he did not enact any of these, Pratt left the army wrestling with their implications and thoughts of how the army had affected his development as a person. One of his means of exploring his personal transformation has been through the creation and performance of the one-man theatre piece: The Making of a Dangerous Individual. Pratt is now an art psychotherapist and artist in the UK who works with vulnerable populations, including veterans serving custodial sentences. Pratt reflects on these experiences with Bielby and Murer.
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Bielby, C., Stevenson Murer, J. (2018). The Making of a Dangerous Individual: Performing the Perpetrating Self—An Interview with Steve Pratt. In: Bielby, C., Stevenson Murer, J. (eds) Perpetrating Selves. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96785-1_4
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