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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810019203321

Autore

Messerschmidt James W

Titolo

Crime as structured action : gender, race, class, and crime in the making / / James W. Messerschmidt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

1-5063-3880-1

1-4522-3229-6

0-7619-0718-1

1-4833-7691-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 134 pages)

Disciplina

364

Soggetti

Crime - Sociological aspects

Criminals - Social conditions

Crime - United States - Sociological aspects

Criminals - United States - Social conditions

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 (pages 121-129) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue - Structured-Action Theory -- Chapter 1 - Lynchers -- Chapter 2 - Hustler -- Chapter 3 - Bad Girls -- Chapter 4 - Murderous Managers -- Epilogue: Summary Thoughts and Future Directions -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

Sommario/riassunto

The author of this volume skillfully demonstrates that a vital component to understanding crime is to be able to view it as more than a single activity. James W. Messerschmidt argues that crime operates subtly through a complex series of gender, race and class practices and these interwoven elements must be seen as part of all social existence, not viewed independently.