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Confessions of a dying thief : understanding criminal careers and illegal enterprise
- Title
- Confessions of a dying thief : understanding criminal careers and illegal enterprise / Darrell J. Steffensmeier & Jeffrey T. Ulmer [interviewers].
- Author
- Goodman, Sam.
- Publication
- New Brunswick : Aldine de Gruyter, c2005.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 05-6655 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- x, 401 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Confessions of a dying thief : homecoming and farewell -- Conceptual themes and tools -- Sam's narrative : onset of Sam's criminal career -- Commentary : on burglary -- Sam's narrative: Sam's burglary career escalates -- Commentary : running a fencing business -- Sam's narrative : running a fencing business -- Commentary : criminal capital for fencing : character, skills, and networking -- Sam's narrative : skills, character, and connections -- Commentary : the "moonlighting" phase of Sam's criminal career : shifting commitments to crime versus legitimacy -- Sam's narrative : the "moonlighting" phase of Sam's criminal career -- Criminal pathways, careers, and the underworld -- Commentary : social organization of the underworld I : stratification, stability, and change -- Sam's narrative : social organization of the underworld -- Commentary : organized crime and racketeering -- Sam's narrative : racketeering, organized crime, and the Mafia -- Commentary : ebbs and flows of criminal careers -- Sam's narrative : pathways into and out of crime -- Sam takes stock of his life and ledger -- Commentary : rewards and rationales of crime, and images of criminals -- Sam's narrative : final confessions : Sam takes stock.
- Call Number
- JFE 05-6655
- ISBN
- 0202307603 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0202307611 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004007277
- OCLC
- vendor
- Author
- Goodman, Sam.
- Title
- Confessions of a dying thief : understanding criminal careers and illegal enterprise / Darrell J. Steffensmeier & Jeffrey T. Ulmer [interviewers].
- Imprint
- New Brunswick : Aldine de Gruyter, c2005.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Added Author
- Steffensmeier, Darrell J., 1942-Ulmer, Jeffery T., 1966-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 05-6655