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Crime and the American Dream (Wadsworth Series in Criminological Theory)
Crime and the American Dream - Wadsworth Series in Criminological Theory Author:Steven F. Messner, Richard Rosenfeld CRIME AND THE AMERICAN DREAM is the seminal work in a major segment of criminological theory by Steven Messner and Richard Rosenfeld, both highly respected scholars and researchers. This is a theory book that students will actually understand, with a very clear and accessible writing style. The foundation of the book is institutional anomie theo... more »ry (an offshoot of Mertonian anomie theory), which the authors posit helps explain why America's over-emphasis on the pursuit of materialistic gain contributes to the country's high rate of violent crime.« less