Breaking and Entering: An Ethnographic Analysis of Burglary (Studies in Crime, Law, and Criminal Justice)

By Paul F. Cromwell, James N. Olson, DAunn W. Avary

Book Overview

How do burglars go about their business? What do they fail to do before, during and after a crime? How do they perceive the criminal justice system and its sanctions? Breaking and Entering answers these questions and others concerned with the decision-making processes which burglars employ. The authors use a sensitive ethnographic method which has resulted in a detailed account of the 'criminal mind; they explore the minutiae of 'fencing stolen goods and an assessment of the extent to which the criminal justice system deters, or perhaps encourages, the initiating or continuing of a criminal career.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803940262
• ISBN13: 9780803940260
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.