Breaking and entering : an ethnographic analysis of burglary
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Bibliographic Information
Breaking and entering : an ethnographic analysis of burglary
（Studies in crime, law and justice, v. 8）
Sage Publications, c1991
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Bibliographical references: p. 121-124
Index: p. 125-129
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Environmental Criminology, Rationality and Crime
The Burglary Event
The Decision Strategy
The Rational and the Opportunistic Burglar
Drug and Group Effects on Burglars' Decision-Making
Marketing Stolen Property
Terminating a Criminal Career
Implications for Public Policy
Reducing the Individual's Vulnerability to Burglary
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