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| Acknowledgments |
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A Society Organized for Crime |
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Crime and Responses to Crime in America |
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03 | (3) |
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The Nature and Level of Criminal Violence |
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03 | (1) |
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04 | (1) |
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05 | (1) |
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The Virtues and Vices of the American Dream |
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06 | (5) |
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Evolution of the Concept of the American Dream |
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06 | (61) |
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The Dark Side of the American Dream |
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Monetary Success and Noneconomic Roles |
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08 | (1) |
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Universalism and Economic Inequality |
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09 | (2) |
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The Rise, Fall, and Revival of the Anomie Perspective |
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11 | (6) |
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Core Ideas, Assumptions, and Propositions |
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11 | (1) |
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The ``Golden Age'' of Anomie Theory |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (3) |
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By Any Means Necessary: Serious Crime in America |
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17 | (25) |
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Cross-National Comparisons of Crime |
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20 | (8) |
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Homicide and Robbery Rates in International Context |
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20 | (1) |
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The Form of Criminal Behavior |
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21 | (1) |
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The Social Response to Crime |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (2) |
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Has It Always Been This Way? |
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25 | (1) |
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Race and Criminal Violence |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (4) |
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Prevalence and Costs of White-Collar Crime |
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28 | (1) |
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Violent White-Collar Crime |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (2) |
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Serious Crime and the Quality of Life |
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32 | (10) |
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Taking Precautions by Any Means Necessary |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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The Struggle for Institutional Control |
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35 | (7) |
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Ships in the Night: Theoretical Perspectives in Contemporary Criminology |
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42 | (24) |
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The Scope Conditions of Contemporary Criminological Theories |
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43 | (6) |
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43 | (4) |
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47 | (2) |
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The Unfulfilled Promise of the Sociological Paradigm |
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49 | (17) |
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Cultural-Social Learning Explanations of Crime |
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51 | (2) |
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Disorganization-Control Explanations of Crime |
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53 | (2) |
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The Common Origins of Cultural Deviance Theory and Social Disorganization Theory |
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55 | (2) |
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Anomie-Strain Explanations of Crime |
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57 | (2) |
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Criticisms of Anomie Theory |
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59 | (7) |
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Culture, Institutional Structure, and Crime |
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66 | (35) |
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The Value Foundations of the American Dream |
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68 | (3) |
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69 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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The ``Fetishism'' of Money |
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70 | (1) |
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The Institutional Structure of American Society |
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71 | (13) |
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The Nature and Functioning of Social Institutions |
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71 | (3) |
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The American Dream and the Institutional Balance of Power |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (3) |
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82 | (2) |
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Social Organization and Crime |
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84 | (17) |
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Anomie and Weak Social Institutions |
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84 | (3) |
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The Social Distribution of Crime: Gender and Race |
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87 | (3) |
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Kids, Drugs, Guns, and Violence |
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90 | (3) |
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The Social Response to Crime |
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93 | (8) |
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Strengthening Social Institutions and Rethinking the American Dream |
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101 | (26) |
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Conventional Strategies for Crime Control |
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103 | (9) |
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The Conservative Camp: The War on Crime |
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104 | (1) |
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Mandatory-Minimum Sentencing and the Drug War |
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104 | (1) |
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The Expansion of Punitive Social Control |
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105 | (1) |
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Unintended Consequences of Expanded Punitive Control |
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106 | (1) |
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The Liberal Camp: The War on Poverty and on Inequality of Opportunity |
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107 | (1) |
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Effects of Liberal Policies on Crime Rates |
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108 | (1) |
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Unintended Consequences of Liberal Reform |
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109 | (1) |
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Beyond Liberalism and Conservatism |
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110 | (2) |
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Crime Reduction Through Social Reorganization |
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112 | (9) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (4) |
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Social Stratification and the Economy |
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119 | (2) |
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The Task of Cultural Regeneration |
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121 | (1) |
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An Intellectual Foundation for Change |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (4) |
| References |
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127 | (17) |
| Index |
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