num_pages: 176
description: How has America's over-emphasis on the pursuit of materialistic gain contributed to the it's high rate of violent crime? CRIME AND THE AMERICAN DREAM is an easy-to-understand book that offers clear coveral of criminological theory, using institutional anomie theory as a foundation.
language: English
title: Crime and the American Dream
titlecomplete: Crime and the American Dream
genres: Sociology, Nonfiction, School
ratings_count: 100
publisher: Wadsworth Publishing