Crooks and Squares: Lifestyles of Thieves and Addicts in Comparison to Conventional People

Crooks and Squares: Lifestyles of Thieves and Addicts in Comparison to Conventional People
ISBN-10
1412820774
ISBN-13
9781412820776
Category
Social Science
Pages
244
Language
English
Published
1985-01-01
Publisher
Transaction Publishers
Author
Malin Åkerström

Description

Crooks and Squares is a study of crime as a way of life. By interviewing drug addicts and property criminals, Malin à kerstrom presents a study of the demands, attractions, and drawbacks of criminal lifestyles. She discovers which elements are exciting and which are dull; what the pros and cons are in comparison to a more conventional lifestyle; whether social workers are “more trouble than they're worth”; what problems exist for criminals, and their strategies for solving them. This study is valuable not only because it enriches our knowledge of a criminal's everyday life but because it helps us understand the cause of becoming and remaining criminal.

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