In Their Own Words : Criminals on Crime

by Cromwell, Paul F.

• ISBN13: 9781891487873
• ISBN10: 1891487876
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Roxbury Pub Co

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