Crime as structured action : gender, race, class, and crime in the making.

Messerschmidt, James W.

Crime as structured action : gender, race, class, and crime in the making. - London : SAGE, 1997. - ix, 134 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliography (p. 121-129) and index.

Prologue - Lynchers - Hustler - Bad girls - Murderous managers.

Messerschmidt uses four case studies to illustrate his theories of criminology. These are: black-white relationships in the American South between 1865 and 1900, the life of Malcolm X, violence in black girl gangs, and finally the disaster of the Challenger space shuttle.

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Criminology--Social aspects.

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