Crime and the American Dream, International Edition
Richard Rosenfeld author Steven Messner author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cengage Learning, Inc
Published:14th Jun '12
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
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.
ISBN: 9781133528647
Dimensions: 230mm x 162mm x 7mm
Weight: 230g
176 pages
5th edition