Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil,9780465076161

Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780465076161
ISBN10: 0465076165
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1990-10-18
Publisher(s): Basic Books
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Summary

In this startling look at evil behavior, a UCLA sociologist tries to get inside the criminal psyche to understand what it means or feels, signifies, sounds, tastes, or looks like to do any particular crime.

Author Biography

Jack Katz is professor of sociology at UCLA.

Table of Contents

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
Introduction 3(9)
CHAPTER 1 Righteous Slaughter
12(40)
CHAPTER 2 Sneaky Thrills
52(28)
CHAPTER 3 Ways of the Badass
80(34)
CHAPTER 4 Street Elites
114(50)
CHAPTER 5 Doing Stickup
164(31)
CHAPTER 6 Action, Chaos, and Control: Persisting with Stickup
195(42)
CHAPTER 7 Of Hardmen and `Bad Niggers': Gender and Ethnicity in the Background of Stickup
237(37)
CHAPTER 8 Primordial Evil: Sense and Dynamic in Cold-Blooded, `Senseless' Murder
274(36)
CHAPTER 9 Seductions and Repulsions of Crime
310(15)
NOTES 325(36)
INDEX 361

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