Modern criminals
By: edited by James F. Short, Jr.
Edition: 2d ed.
Series: Transaction/Society book series, 8
Publisher: Transaction Books; distributed by Dutton [New York
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Crime -- United States
Other titles: Trans-action.
Notes: Originally appeared in Trans-action magazine.
Table of contents: title: Short, J. F. On criminals and criminologists: the shifting scene.; title: Hamblin, R. L., Abrahamson, M. J., and Burgess, R. L. Diagnosing delinquency.; title: Short, J. F., and Strodtbeck, F. L. Why gangs fight.; title: Miller, W. B. White gangs.; title: Ennis, P. H. Crime, victims, and the police.; title: Robins, L. N. Negro homicide victims.; title: Zalba, S. R. Battered children.; title: Rossi, A. S. Abortion laws and their victims.; title: Cressey, D. R. The respectable criminal.; title: Leiden, C. Assassination in the Middle East.; title: Horowitz, I. L. Kennedy's death: myths and realities.; title: Gans, H. J. Why Kennedy was killed.; title: Crotty, W. J. Presidential assassinations.; title: Drabek, T. E. and Quarantelli, E. L. Scapegoats, villains, and disasters.; title: Dynes, R. and Quarantelli, E. L. What looting in civil disturbances really means.; title: Sennett, R. Genteel backlash: Chicago, 1886.; title: Falk, R. A. War crimes and individual responsibility.; title: Bibliography (p. 293-298)