Crime and the American Dream
- ISBN-10
- 1133528643
- ISBN-13
- 9781133528647
- Category
- Anomy
- Pages
- 162
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-06-14
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing Company
- Authors
- Steven F. Messner, Richard Rosenfeld
Description
How has America's over-emphasis on the pursuit of materialistic gain contributed to the it's high rate of violent crime? CRIME AND THE AMERICAN DREAM, 5E, International Edition is an easy-to-understand book that attempts to answer that question using seminal criminological theory.
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