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Crime and the American Dream, International Edition

Richard Rosenfeld author Steven Messner author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cengage Learning, Inc

Published:14th Jun '12

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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