Title Seductions of crime : moral and sensual attractions in doing evil / Jack Katz

Published United States : BASIC BOOKS (NY), 1988 [New York, N.Y.] : Basic Books, 1988 ©1988

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Description viii, 367 pages ; 25 cm Contents 1. Righteous slaughter -- 2. Sneaky thrills -- 3. Ways of the Badass -- 4. Street elites -- 5. Doing stickup -- 6. Action, chaos, and control: persisting with stickup -- 7. Of hardmen and 'Bad Niggers': gender and ethnicity in the background of stickup -- 8. Primordial evil: sense and dynamic in cold-blooded, 'Senseless' murder -- 9. Seduction and repulsions of crime Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-360) and index Subject Compulsive behavior -- United States. Crime -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States. Crime -- Psychological aspects. Crime -- United States -- Moral and ethical aspects. Criminal behavior -- United States. Criminals -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States. Good and evil -- Psychological aspects. LC no. 88047691 ISBN 0465076157 0465076165 9780465076154 9780465076161

Other Titles Seductions of crime : a chilling exploration of the criminal mind - from juvenile delinquency to cold-blooded murder

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