1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464160503321

Autore

Wright Richard <1951->

Titolo

Burglars on the job [[electronic resource] ] : streetlife and residential break-ins / / Richard T. Wright, Scott H. Decker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Northeastern University Press, c1994

ISBN

1-283-94891-5

1-55553-785-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DeckerScott H

Disciplina

364.1/62

Soggetti

Burglars - Missouri - Saint Louis

Burglary - Missouri - Saint Louis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Deciding to Commit a Burglary; Chapter 3 Choosing the Target; Chapter 4 Entering the Target; Chapter 5 Search and Departure Strategies; Chapter 6 Disposing of the Goods; Chapter 7 Residential Burglary: Theory and Prevention; Appendix; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A look inside the minds of more than 100 active burglars.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452212003321

Autore

Melzer Patricia <1970->

Titolo

Alien constructions [[electronic resource] ] : science fiction and feminist thought / / Patricia Melzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2006

ISBN

0-292-79582-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Disciplina

813/.08762099287

Soggetti

Science fiction, American - History and criticism

Science fiction, English - History and criticism

Feminism in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-315) and index.

Includes filmography: p. 315-316.

Nota di contenuto

Cultural chameleons : anticolonial identities and resistance in Octavia E. Butler's Survivor and dawn -- The alien in us : metaphors of transgression in the work of Octavia E. Butler -- Technoscience's stepdaughter : the feminist cyborg in Alien resurrection -- Our bodies as our selves : body, subjectivity, and (virtual) reality in The matrix -- The anatomy of dystopia : female technobodies and the death of desire in Richard Calder's Dead girls -- Beyond binary gender : genderqueer identities and intersexed bodies in Octavia E. Butler's Wild seed and Imago and Melissa Scott's Shadow man.