Armed Robbers In Action
Stickups and Street Culture
Published on 23. October 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-55553-323-6 (ISBN)
Description
Based on no-holds-barred interviews with active armed robbers in St. Louis, Missouri, this groundbreaking volume sheds new light on the process of committing armed robbery.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55553-323-6 (9781555533236)
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Persons
Richard T. Wright and Scott H. Decker are both Professors of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri--St. Louis. 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. Neal Shover is Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is the author of Aging Criminals and Great Pretenders: Pursuits and Careers of Persistent Thieves.