Beggars and Thieves: Ethnography of Urban Street Criminals

Fleisher, Mark S.

This ethnographic study of contemporary urban criminals examines issues such as the human dimensions of criminal lives, the family conditions that cause children to become deviant, and the role of jails and prisons in deterrence and rehabilitation. It also proposes anti-crime policy initiatives.

EAN

9780299147747

Publisher

University of Wisconsin Press

Published

30 August 1995

Pages

304