Crooks and Squares

1. Auflage 1985
ISBN: 978-1-56000-653-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 230 mm x 154 mm, Gewicht: 334 g

'Crooks and Squares' is a study of crime as a way of life. By interviewing drug addicts and property criminals, Malin Akerstrom presents a study of the demands, attractions, and drawbacks of criminal lifestyles. She discovers which elements are exciting and which are dull; what the pros and cons are in comparison to a more conventional lifestyle; whether social workers are "more trouble than they're worth"; what problems exist for criminals, and their strategies for solving them. This study is valuable not only because it enriches our knowledge of a criminal's everyday life but because it helps us understand the cause of becoming and remaining criminal.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akerstrom, Malin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, Introduction, 1. Method and Samples, 2. Crime as Work, 3. Beating the System, 4. Business Orientation, 5. Thieves Claim Responsibility, 6. Time-Perspectives, 7. Social Skills, 8. The Philosophy of Money, 9. Looking at the Squares, 10. Rewards, Summary, Notes, Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Malin Akerstrom