Everybody Does It! : : Crime by the Public / / Thomas Gabor.
This is the first book to explore in detail crime committed by the general public. Thomas Gabor challenges the prevailing stereotype of the criminal by documenting the extent to which ordinary citizens (those who are not habitually in conflict with the law) violate the law, exhibit dishonesty, or en...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1994 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Crime by the Public: The Issue in Context
- 1. Introduction
- 2. 'Pictures in Our Heads': Our Stereotypes of the Criminal
- 3. Is Everyone Doing It? The Extent of the Public's Criminality and Dishonesty
- Part II. The Crimes Committed by 'Law-Abiding' Citizens
- 4. 'The Root of All Evil': Property Crime
- 5. 'Flesh and Blood So Cheap': Violent and Sex Crimes
- 6. 'There Is Nothing Wrong with Greed': Corporate Crime
- 7. 'What's Good for the Goose ...': Crime by Society's Leaders and Law Enforcers
- 8. Other Crimes
- Part III. Explaining the Transgressions of the Public
- 9. 'Everybody Does It': Rationalizations, Justifications, and Excuses for Criminal Behaviour
- 10. 'Our Brother's Keeper?' The Commitment of the Public to Society's Rules
- 11. Understanding the Widespread Criminality of the Public
- 12. Predicting the Prevalence of Different Crimes in Society
- Part IV. Dealing with Widespread Criminality
- 13. The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison'1: Why Most 'Respectable' Lawbreakers Avoid Prosecution
- 14. Dealing with Crime by the Public
- Notes
- Photo Credits
- Index