Seductions Of Crime
Moral And Sensual Attractions In Doing Evil
Published on 18. October 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
376 pages
978-0-465-07616-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this startling look at evil behaviour, a UCLA sociologist tries to get inside the criminal psyche to understand what it means or feels, signifies, sounds, tastes, or looks like to do any particular crime.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-465-07616-1 (9780465076161)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jack Katz is professor of sociology at UCLA.
Content
* Introduction * Righteous Slaughter * Sneaky Thrills * Ways of the Badass * Street Elites * Doing Stickup * Action, Chaos, and Control: Persisting with Stickup * Of Hardmen and Bad Niggers: Gender and Ethnicity in the Background of Stickup * Primordial Evil: Sense and Dynamic in Cold-Blooded, Senseless Murder * Seductions and Repulsions of Crime