In Their Own Words - Criminals on Crime - An Anthology (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

Roxbury is pleased to announce publication of the Fourth Edition of Paul Cromwell's "In Their Own Words: Criminals on Crime (An Anthology)". This book is a collection of ethnographic or field accounts of crime and criminals, providing a rare opportunity for students to view the world from the perspective of offenders. Few students ever encounter a real criminal during their education. The book is designed to provide an accessible surrogate experience - an inside perspective on the criminal mind. Brief introductions precede each reading, easing instruction by providing internal cohesiveness and structure to the book. In this book, students will encounter gang members, burglars, shoplifters, pimps, prostitutes, killers, robbers, fences, addicts, rapists, drug smugglers, and white-collar offenders - all of whom discuss their motives, perceptions, decision-making strategies, and rationalizations for crime. In each article, the researcher places the offenders' words in a theoretical context and provides analyses and conclusions. Fourteen new articles address the following topics: why inmates consent to interviews; motivations and antecedents of armed robbery; street life and the rewards of auto theft; the dynamics underlying a decision to commit a burglary; the planning, enactment, and aftermath of carjacking events; the lifestyles and motivations of illegal telemarketers; serial killers and FBI profilers discuss the planning and act of sexual homicide; the various avenues burglars use to dispose of stolen property; collective and normative features of gang crime; gender and victimization risk among young women in gangs; drug trafficking from the dealer's perspective; risks and pressures on middle-class cocaine sellers; analyzing the factors for desisting from crime; and, the motivations for quitting marijuana use.