In 1967 David Furley de-emphasized the importance of the swerve in both Epicurus and Lucretius so as to defend Epicurus from the "extreme" libertarian view that our actions are caused directly by random swerves.
On the other hand, in his 1983 thesis, "Lucretius on the Clinamen and 'Free Will'," Don Paul Fowler defended the ancient claim that Epicurus proposed random swerves as directly causing our actions.