In their own words : criminals on crime : an anthology

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*=NEW TO THIS EDITION EACH SECTION OPENS WITH AN INTRODUCTION 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, Heith Copes 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 for Involvement 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 Labor of Female Street Hustlers, Kim Romenesko and Eleanor M. Miller SECTION VI: GANGS AND CRIME * 18. Gang-Related Gun Violence: Socialization, Identity, and Self, 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, Neal Shover