Crime and Disrepute

In the context of the unique crime problems of the United States, John Hagan advances a new sociology of crime and disrepute that focuses on the criminal costs of social inequality. He connects the diversion of funding away from distressed communities in the USA to increased violence and lack of social mobility for disadvantaged groups which in turn result in the development of `deviance service centers' and `ethnic vice industries'. Hagan further shows the important link between `crime in the streets' and `crime in the suites' and the difference between the two in eluding punishment.

List of contents

The Changing Face of Crime
Classical Theories of Crime and Disrepute
A New Sociology of Crime and Disrepute
White-Collar Crime in a Global Economy
Criminal Injustice in America

About the author

John Hagan was born in Presque Isle, Maine, and short-ly thereafter his family returned to Dayton, Ohio, where he was reared and educated. Retiring from a career as a high school English teacher and secondary administrator, he was hired as an adjunct, composition instructor at The University of Dayton, where he taught for six years.
Leaving U.D. for total retirement from education, John now spends much of his time between his home in Springboro, Ohio and his labor of love, a forty-acre horse farm in Highland County, Ohio.
John earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in English and secondary school administration at Thomas More College, Xavier University, and Miami University.
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Product details

• Authors: John Hagan
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.03.1994
• EAN: 9780803990395
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-9039-5
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Sociology for a New Century; Sociology for a New Century Series; Sociology for a New Century
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories