Modern Criminals : Law and Order /edited by James F. Short.
1970, First Edition. [Chicago] : Aldine Publishing Company. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 192 pages; Contents: On criminals and criminologists, by J. F. Short, Jr. --Diagnosing delinquency, by R. L. Hamblin, M. J. Abrahamson, and R. L. Burgess. --Why gangs fight, by J. F. Short, Jr. and F. L. Strodtbeck. --White gangs, by W. B. Miller. --Crime, victims, and the police, by P. H. Ennis. --The respectable criminal, by D. R. Cressey. --Abortion laws and their victims, by A. S. Rossi. --Assassination in the Middle East, by C. Leiden --Kennedy's death: myths and realities, by I. L. Horowitz. --Why Kennedy was killed, by H. J. Gans. --Scapegoats, villains, and disasters, by T. E. Drabek and E. L. Quarantelli. --What looting in civil disturbances really means, by R. Dynes and E. L. Quarantelli. Subjects: Criminals -- United States -- Crime. "The essays in this book originally appeared in Trans-action magazine.". 192p : illus ; 21cm. Item #27270
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