ABSTRACT

'Crooks and Squares' is a study of crime as a way of life. By interviewing drug addicts and property criminals, Malin Akerstrom presents a study of the demands, attractions, and drawbacks of criminal lifestyles.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|9 pages

Method and Samples

chapter 2|16 pages

Crime as Work

chapter 3|8 pages

Beating the System

chapter 4|25 pages

Business Orientation

chapter 5|35 pages

Thieves Claim Responsibility

chapter 6|17 pages

Time-Perspectives

chapter 7|22 pages

Social Skills

chapter 8|13 pages

The Philosophy of Money

chapter 9|17 pages

Looking at the Squares

chapter 10|30 pages

Rewards