Skip to main content alibris logo
Crime and Disrepute - Hagan, John
Filter Results
Item Condition
Seller Rating
Other Options
Change Currency

In the context of the unique crime problems of the United States, John Hagan advances a new sociology of crime and disrepute that focuses on the criminal costs of social inequality. He connects the diversion of funding away from distressed communities in the USA to increased violence and lack of social mobility for disadvantaged groups which in turn result in the development of "deviance service centers" and "ethnic vice industries". Hagan further shows the important link between "crime in the streets" and "crime in the ...

loading
Crime and Disrepute 1994, Sage Publications, Inc, Thousand Oaks

ISBN-13: 9780803990395

Trade paperback