In their own words : criminals on crime / Paul Cromwell.

Other author Cromwell, Paul F.
Format Book
Publication InfoLos Angeles, Calif. : Roxbury Pub. Co., 1996.
Descriptionxiii, 199 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction to ethnographic research in criminal justice and criminology: 1. A snowball's chance in hell : doing fieldwork with active residential burglard / Richard T. Wright ... [et al.] -- sec. 1. Criminal lifestyles and decision making: 2. The socially bounded decision making of persistent property offenders / Neal Shover and David Honaker ; 3. Looking at the squares : comparisons with the square Johns / Malin Åkerström -- sec. 2. Property crime: 4. Choosing the target / Richard T. Wright and Scott H. Decker ; 5. Who buys stolen property? : a new look at criminal receiving / Paul F. Cromwell, James N. Olson, and D'Aunn W, Avary ; 6. Aging criminals : changes in the criminal calculus / Neal Shover -- sec. 3. Occupational crime: 7. Denying the guilty mind : accounting for involvement in a white-collar crime / Michael L. Benson ; 8. How doctors defraud Medicaid : doctors tell their stories / Paul Jesilow, Henry M. Pontell, and Gilbert Geis -- sec. 4. Violent crime: 9. Robbers as decison makers / Floyd Feeney ; 10. Offenders' perspectives on violent peoperty crome / David Indemaur ; 11. Convicted rapists' vocabulary of motive : excuses and justifications / Diana Scully and Joseph Marolla ; 12. An interview with a serial murderer / Eric W, Hickey -- sec. 5. Gangs and crime: 13. Becoming a gang member / Felix M. Padilla ; 14. Homeboys, dope fiends, legits, and new jacks / John M. Hagedorn ; 15. Changes in prison culture : prison gangs and the case of the "Pepsi Generation" / Geoffrey Hunt ... [et al.] -- sec. 6. Drigs and crime: 16. Dealing careers / Patricia A. Adler ; 17. The drugs-crime connection among stable addicts / Charles E. faupel ; 18. Life with crack : women's experiences and voices / Tom Mieczkowski.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 95051274
ISBN0935732748 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780935732740 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HV6030 .I488 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold