Table of contents
Introduction;
PART I: Property Crimes;
1. Understanding Adolescent Property Crime Using a Delinquent Events Perspective - Vera Lopez;
2. Street Life and the Rewards of Auto Theft, by Heith Copes - Heith Copes;
3. Gender, Social Networks, and Residential Burglary - Christopher Mullins and Richard Wright;
PART II: Violent Crimes;
4. Retrospective Accounts of Violent Events by Gun Offenders - Mark Pogrebin, Paul Stretesky, N. Prabha ;Unnithan, and Gerald Venor
5. Dubs and Dees, Beats and Rims: Carjackers and Urban Violence - Volkan Topalli and Richard Wright;
6. Gangstas, Thugs and Hustlas: Identity and the Code of the Street in Rap Music - Charis Kubrin;
PART III: Sex Crimes;
7. Street Smarts and Urban Myths: Women, Sex Work, and the Role of Storytelling in Risk Reduction and Rationalization - Brenda Roche, Alan Neaigus, and Maureen Miller;
8.Accounts of Professional Misdeeds: The Sexual Exploitation of Clients by Psychotherapists - Mark Pogrebin, Eric Poole, and Amos Martinez;
9.Constructing Coercion: The Organization of Sexual Assault - Brian Monahan and Joseph Morolla;
PART IV: Gangs and Crime;
From Punk Kids to Public Enemy Number One - Pete Simi, Lowell Smith, and Ann M.S. Reeser;
11. Gang-Related Gun Violence: Socialization, Identity, and Self - Paul Stretesky and Mark Pogrebin;
12. Young Mother (in the) Hood: Gang Girls' Negotiation of New Identities - Molly Moloney, Geoffrey Hunt, Karen ;Joe-Laidler,
PART V: White Collar-Occupational Crime;
13. Dialing for Dollars: Opportunities, Justifications, and Telemarketing Fraud - Neal Shover, Glenn Coffey, and Clinton Sanders;
14. Understanding Identity Theft: Offenders' Accounts of their Lives and Crimes - Heith Copes and Lynne Vieraitis;
15.Transferring Subcultural Knowledge On-Line: Practices and Beliefs of Persistent Digital Pirates - Thomas Holt and Heith Copes;
PART VI: Drugs and Crime;
16. Cooks are like Gods: Hierarchies in Methamphetamine-Producing Groups - Robert Jenkot;
17.We Weren't Like no Regular Dope Fiends: Negotiating Hustler and Crackhead Identities - Heith Copes, Andy Hochstetler, and J. Patrick Williams;
18.Writing Against the Image of the Monstrous Crack Mother - Aline Gubrium;
PART VII: Gender and Crime;
19. Moving Beyond Stereotypes: Women's Subjective Accounts of their Violent Crime - Candace Kruttschnitt and Kristin Carbone-Lopez;
20. The Work of Sex Work: Elite Prostitutes' Vocational Orientations and Experiences - Ann Lucas;
21. Mothering, Crime and Incarceration - Kathleen Ferraro and Angela Moe;
PART VIII: Support Systems and Crime;
22.The Familial Relationships of Former Prisoners: Examining the Link Between Residence and Informal Support Mechanisms - Damian Martinez and Johnna Christian;
23 .On the Ropes: Londa and Derek - Donald Braman;
24. Leaving the Streets: Transformation of Prostitute Identity within the Prostitution Rehabilitation Program
Sharon Oselin;
25.Me and the Law is not Friends": How Former Prisoners Make Sense of Reentry - Lucia Trimbur;
26. The Love of a Good Man? Romantic Relationships as a Source of Support or Hindrance of Female Ex-Offenders - Andrea Leverentz