About the Contributors | p. xix |
Criminal Lifestyles and Decision Making | |
Introduction | p. 01 |
The Socially Bounded Decision Making of Persistent Property Offenders | p. 03 |
The Reasoning Offender: Motives and Decision-Making Strategies | p. 22 |
Opportunities and Decisions: International Dynamics in Robbery and Burglary Groups | p. 46 |
Property Crime | |
Introduction | p. 67 |
The Key to Auto Theft: Emerging Methods of Auto Theft from the Offenders' Perspective | p. 69 |
The Five-Finger Discount: An Analysis of Motivations for Shoplifting | p. 90 |
Becoming a Computer Hacker: Examining the Enculturation and Development of Computer Deviants | p. 109 |
Identity Theft: Assessing Offenders' Motivations and Strategies | p. 124 |
Violent Crime | |
Introduction | p. 139 |
The New Face of Terrorism: Socio-Cultural Foundations of Contemporary Terrorism | p. 141 |
Creating the Illusion of Impending Death: Armed Robbers in Action | p. 158 |
Gendering Violence: Masculinity and Power in Men's Accounts of Domestic Violence | p. 168 |
Retrospective Accounts of Violent Events by | p. 187 |
Occupational Crime | |
Introduction | p. 203 |
Crime on the Line: Telemarketing and the Changing Nature of Professional Crime | p. 205 |
Denying the Guilty Mind: Accounting for Involvement in a White-Collar Crime | p. 224 |
Neutralization and Deviance in the Workplace: Theft of Supplies and Medicines by Hospital Nurses | p. 235 |
Illegal Occupations | |
Introduction | p. 249 |
The "Myth of Organization" of International Drug Smugglers | p. 251 |
Fencing: Avenues for Redistribution of Stolen Property | p. 265 |
The Second Step in Double Jeopardy: Appropriating the Labor of Female Street Hustlers | p. 283 |
Gangs and Crime | |
Introduction | p. 299 |
Gang-Related Gun Violence: Socialization, Identity, and Self | p. 301 |
Gender and Victimization Risk Among Young Women in Gangs | p. 324 |
Homeboys, Dope Fiends, Legits, and New Jacks | p. 338 |
Drugs and Crime | |
Introduction | p. 351 |
"E" Is for Ecstasy: A Participant Observation Study of Ecstasy Use | p. 353 |
The Drugs-Crime Connection among Stable Addicts | p. 363 |
Property Crime and Women Drug Dealers in Australia | p. 375 |
Researching Crack Dealers: Dilemmas and Contradictions | p. 392 |
Quitting Crime | |
Introduction | p. 407 |
Aging Criminals: Changes in the Criminal Calculus | p. 409 |
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