In Their Own Words : Criminals on Crime,9781891487873

In Their Own Words : Criminals on Crime

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9781891487873
ISBN10: 1891487876
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-09-01
Publisher(s): Roxbury Pub Co
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments x
Preface xi
About the Contributors xiv
Introduction to Ethnographic Research in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Research Crack Dealers: Dilemmas and Contradictions
1(11)
Bruce A. Jacobs
A Snowball's Chance in Hell: Doing Fieldwork with Active Residential Burglars
12(9)
Richard T. Wright
Scott H. Decker
Allison K. Redfern
Dietrich L. Smith
Section I: Criminal Lifestyles and Decision Making
Introduction
19(2)
The Socially Bounded Decision Making of Persistent Property Offenders
21(13)
Neal Shover
David Honaker
Women, Work, and Crime
34(17)
Deborah R. Baskin
Ira Sommers
Looking at the Squares: Comparisons with the Square Johns
51(9)
Malin Akerstrom
Aging Criminals: Changes in the Criminal Calculus
60(8)
Neal Shover
Getting Out of the Life: Crime Desistance by Female Street Offenders
68(12)
Ira Sommers
Deborah R. Baskin
Jeffrey Fagan
Section II: Property Crime
Introduction
79(1)
Decision Strategies of Residential Burglars
80(7)
Paul Cromwell
James N. Olson
D'Aunn W. Avary
Managing Fear to Commit Felony Theft
87(12)
Andrew Hochstetler
Heith Copes
The Thrill of It All : Youthful Offenders and Auto Theft
99(9)
Zachary Fleming
The Five-Finger Discount: An Analysis of Motivations for Shoplifting
108(16)
Paul Cromwell
Lee Parker
Shawna Mobley
Section III: Occupational Crime
Introduction
123(1)
Denying the Guilty Mind: Accounting for Involvement in a White-Collar Crime
124(8)
Michael L. Benson
How Doctors Defraud Medicaid: Doctors Tell Their Stories
132(10)
Paul Jesilow
Henry M. Pontell
Gilbert Geis
Neutralization and Deviance in the Workplace: Theft of Supplies and Medicines by Hospital Nurses
142(13)
Dean Dabney
Section IV: Illegal Occupations
Introduction
153(2)
For Love or Money: Pimps and the Management of Sex Work
155(12)
Tiggey May
Alex Harocopos
Michael Hough
Dealing Careers
167(12)
Patricia A. Adler
Managing the Action: Sports Bookmakers As Entrepreneurs
179(15)
Phyllis Coontz
The Motives and Mechanics of Operating an Illegal Drug Enterprises
194(16)
Lise-Marie Van Nostrand
Richard Tewksbury
Section V: Violent Crime
Introduction
209(1)
Creating the Illusion of Impending Death: Armed Robbers in Action
210(7)
Richard T. Wright
Scott H. Decker
Convicted Rapists' Vocabulary of Motive: Excuses and Justifications
217(10)
Diana Scully
Joseph Marolla
Interview with a Serial Killer
227(9)
Eric W. Hickey
Section VI: Gangs and Crime
Introduction
235(1)
Becoming a Gang Member
236(19)
Felix M. Padilla
Homeboys, Dope Fiends, Legits, and New Jacks
255(9)
John M. Hagedorn
Changes in Prison Culture: Prison Gangs and the Case of the `Pepsi Generation'
264(13)
Geoffrey Hunt
Stephanie Riegel
Tomas Morales
Dan Waldorf
Section VII: Drugs and Crime
Introduction
275(2)
`E' Is for Ecstasy: A Participant Observation of Ecstasy Use
277(7)
Wilson R. Palacios
Melissa E. Fenwick
Drug Transactions Involving Ecstasy: Users' Perceptions of Drug Deals and the Roles Involved in Drug Acquisition
284(8)
Karen McElrath
The Drugs-Crime Connection Among Stable Addicts
292(9)
Charles E. Faupel
Life with Crack: Women's Experiences and Voices
301
Tom Mieczkowski

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