| Great Pretenders: Pursuits And Careers Of Persistent Thieves Contributor(s): Shover, Neal (Author) |
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ISBN: 081332811X ISBN-13: 9780813328119 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1996 Annotation: Persistent thieves--criminals who resume committing crimes of burglary, robbery, vehicle theft, and ordinary theft despite previous attempts to stop--are a main focal point of American criminology and criminal justice. Great Pretenders is based on the author's original studies and previously published research and on more than fifty autobiographies of persistent thieves. Shover uses a crime-as-choice framework and a life-course perspective to make sense of important decisions and changes in the lives of persistent thieves. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 364.162 |
| LCCN: 96000464 |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Series: Crime & Society |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.13" W x 9.18" (0.80 lbs) 236 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, the author focuses on the sociological origins, activities, and criminal careers of persistent thieves. He uses a crime-as-choice framework and a life-course perspective to make sense of important decisions and changes in the lives of persistent thieves. |
