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Crime and the American Dream, International Edition 5th edition


Crime and the American Dream, International Edition 5th edition

Paperback by Rosenfeld, Richard (University of Missouri-St. Louis); Messner, Steven (University at Albany, State University of New York)

Crime and the American Dream, International Edition

£59.99

ISBN:
9781133528647
Publication Date:
14 Jun 2012
Edition/language:
5th edition / English
Publisher:
Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint:
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Pages:
176 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 10 - 12 May 2024
Crime and the American Dream, International Edition

Description

How has America's over-emphasis on the pursuit of materialistic gain contributed to the it's high rate of violent crime? CRIME AND THE AMERICAN DREAM, 5E, International Edition is an easy-to-understand book that attempts to answer that question using seminal criminological theory.

Contents

Preface. 1. A Society Organized for Crime. 2. By Any Means Necessary: Serious Crime in America. 3. Ships in the Night: Theoretical Perspectives in Contemporary Criminology. 4. Culture, Institutional Structure, and Crime. 5. Strengthening Social Institutions and Rethinking the American Dream. References. Index.

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