INDICE: *=New to this Edition; Each section opens with an Introduction.; Preface: ; Acknowledgments: ; About the Contributors: ; SECTION I: CRIMINAL LIFESTYLES AND DECISION MAKING; 1. The Socially Bounded Decision Making of Persistent Property Offenders, Neal Shover and David Honaker ; 2. The Reasoning Burglar: Motives and Decision Making Strategies, Paul Cromwell and James N. Olson ; *3. Opportunities and Decisions: Interactional Dynamics in Robbery and Burglary Groups, Andrew Hochstetler ; SECTION II: PROPERTY CRIME; * 4. The Key to Auto Theft: Emerging Methods of Auto Theft from the Offender's Perspective, HeithCopes and Michael Cherbonneau ; 5. The Five-Finger Discount: An Analysis of Motivations for Shoplifting, Paul Cromwell, Lee Parker, and Shawna Mobley ; * 6. Becoming a Computer Hacker: Examining the Enculturation and Development of Computer Deviants, Thomas J. Holt ; * 7. Identity Theft: Assessing Offenders' Motivations and Strategies, Heith Copes and Lynne Vieraitis ; SECTION III: VIOLENT CRIME; *8. The New Faces of Terrorism: Socio-Cultural Foundations of Contemporary Terrorism, Jerrold M. Post ; 9. Creating the Illusion of Impending Death: Armed Robbers in Action, Richard T. Wright and Scott H. Decker ; * 10. Gendering Violence: Masculinity and Power in Men's Accounts of Domestic Violence,Kristin L. Anderson and Debra Umberson ; * 11. Retrospective Accounts of Violent Events by Gun Offenders, Mark R. Pogrebin, Paul B. Stretesky, N. Probha Unnithan, and Gerry Venor ; SECTION IV: OCCUPATIONAL CRIME; 12. Crime on the Line: Telemarketing and the Changing Nature of Professional Crime, Neal Shover, Glenn S. Coffey, and Dick Hobbs ; * 13. Denying the Guilty Mind: Accounting forInvolvement in a White-Collar Crime, Michael L. Benson ; 14. Neutralization and Deviance in the Workplace: Theft of Supplies and Medicines by Hospital Nurses, Dean Dabney ; SECTION V: ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS; * 15. The 'Myth of Organization' of International Drug Smugglers, Scott H. Decker and Jana Benson ; 16. Fencing: Avenues for the Redistribution of Stolen Property, Paul Cromwell and James N. Olson ; 17. The Second Step in Double Jeopardy: Appropriating the Laborof Female Street Hustlers, Kim Romenesko and Eleanor M. Miller ; SECTION VI: GANGS AND CRIME; * 18. Gang-Related Gun Violence: Socialization, Identity, andSelf, Paul B. Stretesky and Mark R. Pogrebin ; 19. Gender and Victimization Risk Among Young Women in Gangs, Jody Miller ; 20. Homeboys, Dope Fiends, Legits and New Jacks, John M. Hagedorn ; SECTION VII: DRUGS AND CRIME; 21. 'E' Is for Ecstasy: A Participant Observation of Ecstasy Use, Wilson R. Palacios and Melissa E. Fenwick ; 22. The Drugs-Crime Connection among Stable Addicts, Charles E. Faupel ; * 23. Property Crime and Women Drug Dealers in Australia, Barbara Denton and Pat O'Malley ; * 24. Researching Crack Dealers: Dilemmas and Contradictions, Bruce A. Jacobs ; SECTION VIII: QUITTING CRIME; 25. Aging Criminals: Changes in the Criminal Calculus,
- ISBN: 978-0-19-538319-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 442
- Fecha Publicación: 25/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés