Modern criminals
By: edited by James F. Short, Jr.
Series: Trans-action books,; 8
Publisher: Aldine Pub. Co.
Published: 1970
Place of publication: [Chicago]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Criminals -- United States
Other titles: Law and order: modern criminals.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
On cover: Law and order: modern criminals.
"The essays in this book originally appeared in Trans-action magazine."
Table of contents: title: On criminals and criminologists, by J. F. Short, Jr.; title: Diagnosing delinquency, by R. L. Hamblin, M. J. Abrahamson, and R. L. Burgess.; title: Why gangs fight, by J. F. Short, Jr. and F. L. Strodtbeck.; title: White gangs, by W. B. Miller.; title: Crime, victims, and the police, by P. H. Ennis.; title: The respectable criminal, by D. R. Cressey.; title: Abortion laws and their victims, by A. S. Rossi.; title: Assassination in the Middle East, by C. Leiden.; title: Kennedy's death: myths and realities, by I. L. Horowitz.; title: Why Kennedy was killed, by H. J. Gans.; title: Scapegoats, villains, and disasters, by T. E. Drabek and E. L. Quarantelli.; title: What looting in civil disturbances really means, by R. Dynes and E. L. Quarantelli.