Living off Crime [Paperback]

Kenneth D. Tunnell (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0830415661 | ISBN-13: 978-0830415663 | Publication Date: January 1, 2000

This book describes highly active property offenders who commit themselves to careers in serious crimes such as burglary and armed robbery. The approach is unique for it situates these criminal careers within the important yet recently neglected sociological concepts of social class, criminal subcultures, and consciousness. The book brings class back into the dialogue of property crime among the highly criminally active and economically marginalized. Subcultural values and traits are given considerable treatment in this work.
A Burnham Publishers book

Editorial Reviews

Review

Kenneth Tunnell's Living off Crime is an engaging, qualitative investigation of lower-class, persistent property offenders who use their criminal lifestyle and perceptions to inform the decision making that precedes street crime....Living off Crime is well worth reading. (Matt DeLisi Criminal Justice Review )

Kenneth Tunnell's Living off Crime is an engaging, qualitative investigation of lower-class, persistent property offenders who use their criminal lifestyle and perceptions to inform the decision making that precedes street crime....Living off Crime is well worth reading.... (Matt DeLisi Criminal Justice Review )

Tunnell's discussion of the possibility of a criminal consciousness is fascinating. (Connie D. Frey ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Kenneth D. Tunnell is professor of criminology at Eastern Kentucky University. His previous books include Choosing Crime (Nelson-Hall, 1992), Political Crime in Contemporary America (Garland, 1994) and Pissing on Demand: Workplace Drug Testing and the Rise of the Detox Industry (New York University Press, 2004). His articles have appeared in journals such as Justice Quarterly, Deviant Behavior, Qualitative Sociology, and Journal of Popular Culture. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 171 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830415661
• ISBN-13: 978-0830415663
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,618,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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