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About criminals : a view of the offenders' world / edited by Mark R. Pogrebin.

Contributor Pogrebin, Mark.

Edition Statement:2nd ed.

Imprint:Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2012.

Descriptionxi, 347 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Note:Understanding adolescent property crime using a delinquent events perspective / Vera Lopez -- Street life and the rewards of auto theft / Heith Copes -- Gender, social networks, and residential burglary / Christopher Mullins and Richard Wright -- Retrospective accounts of violent events by gun offenders / Mark Pogrebin ... [et al.] -- Dubs and dees, beats and rims : carjackers and urban violence / Volkan Topalli and Richard Wright -- Gangstas, thugs and hustlas : identity and the code of the street in rap music / Charis Kubrin -- Street smarts and urban myths : women, sex work, and the role of storytelling in risk reduction and rationalization / Brenda Roche, Alan Neaigus, and Maureen Miller -- Accounts of professional misdeeds : the sexual exploitation of clients by psychotherapists / Mark Pogrebin, Eric Poole, and Amos Martinez -- Constructing coercion : the organization of sexual assault / Brian Monahan and Joseph Morolla -- From punk kids to public enemy number one / Pete Simi, Lowell Smith, and Ann M.S. Reeser -- Young mother (in the) hood : gang girls' negotiation of new identities / Molly Moloney ... [et al.] -- Dialing for dollars : opportunities, justifications, and telemarketing fraud / Neal Shover, Glenn Coffey, and Clinton Sanders -- Understanding identity theft : offenders' accounts of their lives and crimes / Heith Copes and Lynne Vieraitis -- Transferring subcultural knowledge on-line : practices and beliefs of persistent digital pirates / Thomas Holt and Heith Copes -- Cooks are like gods : hierarchies in methamphetamine-producing groups / Robert Jenkot -- We weren't like no regular dope fiends : negotiating hustler and crackhead identities / Heith Copes, Andy Hochstetler, and J. Patrick Williams -- Writing against the image of the monstrous crack mother / Aline Gubrium -- Moving beyond stereotypes : women's subjective accounts of their

Note:violent crime / Candace Kruttschnitt and Kristin Carbone-Lopez -- The work of sex work : elite prostitutes' vocational orientations and experiences / Ann Lucas -- Mothering, crime and incarceration / Kathleen Ferraro and Angela Moe -- The familial relationships of former prisoners : examining the link between residence and informal support mechanisms / Damian Martinez and Johnna Christian -- On the ropes : Londa and Derek / Donald Braman -- Leaving the streets : transformation of prostitute identity within the prostitution rehabilitation program / Sharon Oselin -- "Me and the law is not friends" : how former prisoners make sense of reentry / Lucia Trimbur -- The love of a good man : romantic relationships as a source of support or hindrance of female ex-offenders / Andrea Leverentz.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Pogrebin, Mark.
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Criminals -- United States.
Criminal behavior -- United States.
Crime -- United States.