Short, James F.

Modern criminals / edited by James F. Short, Jr. - 2nd ed. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Books; distributed by Dutton New York, c1973 - 302 p. ; 21 cm. - Transaction/Society book series, 8 .

Originally appeared in Trans-action magazine.

Short, J. F. On criminals and criminologists: the shifting scene.--Hamblin, R. L., Abrahamson, M. J., and Burgess, R. L. Diagnosing delinquency.--Short, J. F., and Strodtbeck, F. L. Why gangs fight.--Miller, W. B. White gangs.--Ennis, P. H. Crime, victims, and the police.--Robins, L. N. Negro homicide victims.--Zalba, S. R. Battered children.--Rossi, A. S. Abortion laws and their victims.--Cressey, D. R. The respectable criminal.--Leiden, C. Assassination in the Middle East.--Horowitz, I. L. Kennedy's death: myths and realities.--Gans, H. J. Why Kennedy was killed.--Crotty, W. J. Presidential assassinations.--Drabek, T. E. and Quarantelli, E. L. Scapegoats, villains, and disasters.--Dynes, R. and Quarantelli, E. L. What looting in civil disturbances really means.--Sennett, R. Genteel backlash: Chicago, 1886.--Falk, R. A. War crimes and individual responsibility.--Bibliography (p. 293-298)

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Crime--United States.

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