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! Read * Armed Robbers In Action: Stickups and Street Culture (Northeastern Series in Criminal Behavior) by Richard T. Wright, Scott H. Decker ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Armed Robbers In Action: Stickups and Street Culture (Northeastern Series in Criminal Behavior) Three Stars StaceyB Not too sure about this one. It is a slow read and doesn't hold attention too well. AW said Brilliant.. All I can say is wow. I consider myself incredibly fortunate to currently be a student of Richard Wright's, studying Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. While this ethnography is extremely insightful and intriguing, it doesn't even begin to capture the sheer brilliance that IS Richard Wright. He is truly a one of a kind researcher, an
| Title | : | Armed Robbers In Action: Stickups and Street Culture (Northeastern Series in Criminal Behavior) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.41 (648 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155553323X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
Wright and Scott H. Louis. About the Author Richard T. He is the author of Aging Criminals and Great Pretenders: Pursuits and Careers of Persistent Thieves. . Neal Shover is Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. They are co-authors of Burglars on the Job: Streetlife and Residential Break-ins, winner of the 1995 SSSP Crime and Delinquency Outstanding Scholarship Award. Decker are both Professors of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri--St
Louis to obtain more forthright responses from robbers about their motives and methods. Richard T. One of the most feared crimes among urban dwellers, armed robbery poses a serious risk of injury or death, and presents daunting challenges for law enforcement. They also visited several crime scenes to examine how situational and spatial features of the setting contributed to the offense. They conclude with an insightful discussion of the implications of their findings for crime prevention policy.. Quoting extensively from their conversations with the offenders, the authors consider the circumstances underlying the decision to commit an armed robbery, explore how and why targets are chosen, and detail the various tactics used in a hold-up.By analyzing the criminals' candid perspectives on their actions and their social environment, the authors provide a fuller understanding of armed robbery. Decker conducted dangerous, life-threatening field research on the streets of St. Yet little is known about the complex factors
Decker are both Professors of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri--St. They are co-authors of Burglars on the Job: Streetlife and Residential Break-ins, winner of the 1995 SSSP Crime and Delinquency Outstanding Scholarship Award. Wright and Scott H. Louis. Richard T. He is the author of Aging Criminals and Great Pretenders: Pursuits and Careers of Persistent Thieves. Neal Shover is Pr
Three Stars StaceyB Not too sure about this one. It is a slow read and doesn't hold attention too well. AW said Brilliant.. All I can say is wow. I consider myself incredibly fortunate to currently be a student of Richard Wright's, studying Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. While this ethnography is extremely insightful and intriguing, it doesn't even begin to capture the sheer brilliance that IS Richard Wright. He is truly a one of a kind researcher, and many of his ideas have been groundbreaking in the field of Criminology -- especially since the studies for this book were done in the '80s, a much more conservative period as far as crimi. "You Can Not Make This Stuff Up" according to Mendel Mordecai. This is an excellent piece of qualitative research and I use it as an example in my research class. As other writers have noted this book is entertaining and fun. Also, it demonstrates how a researcher uses snowball sampling to find individuals who may otherwise be reluctant to admit to others that they are engaging in some kind of behavior which society considers immoral or which is outright illegal. Research does not have to be dull and good qualitative research reads as well as the best fiction.
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