Confessions of a Dying Thief

Name: Confessions of a Dying Thief
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ISBN: 9780202307619

ISBN-10: 0202307611

ISBN-13: 9780202307619

Edition: 2005

Authors: Darrell J. Steffensmeier, Jeffery T. Ulmer

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Sam Goodman, was a long-time thief, fence, and quasilegitimate businessman. He had a criminal career that spanned fifty years, beginning in his mid-teens and ending with his death when he was in his mid-sixties. Confessions of a Dying Thief is an in-depth ethnographic study of Sam and his world based on continuous contact with him for many years, on multiple interviews with his network of associates in crime and business, and on a series of interviews with him shortly before he died. The book updates and greatly expands the case study of Sam Goodman's fencing activity found in Steffensmeier's award-winning 1986 book The Fence: In the Shadow of Two Worlds. The book combines Sam's colorful…

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List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/31/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 414
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.29" long x 1.34" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



First Author's Prologue


Acknowledgments



Introducing Confessions



Confessions' Data and Contributions



Sam Goodman: Homecoming and Farewell



Sam's Life Unfolds: Chronology and Turning Points



Conceptual Themes and Tools



Sam's Narrative: Onset of Sam's Criminal Career



Commentary: Doing Burglary



Sam's Narrative: Sam's Burglary Career Escalates



Commentary: Trading in Stolen Goods



Sam's Narrative: Running a Fencing Business



Commentary: Criminal Capital for Illegal Enterprise



Sam's Narrative: Skills, Character, and Connections



Commentary: "Moonlighting" Phase of Sam's Criminal Career: Shifting Commitments to Crime versus Legitimacy



Sam's Narrative: Continuity or Desistance After Sam's "Last Fall"?



Crime Pathways and Organization



Commentary: Social Organization of the Underworld: Stratification, Continuity, and Change



Sam's Narrative: Social Organization of Theft and Criminal Enterprise



Commentary: Organized Crime and Racketeering



Sam's Narrative: Racketeering, Organized Crime, and the Mafia



Commentary: Ebbs and Flows of Criminal Careers



Sam's Narrative: Pathways Into and Out of Crime



Sam Takes Stock: Dealing with Dying



Commentary: Rewards and Rationales of Crime, and Images of Criminals



Final Confessions: Sam Takes Stock


Epilogue


References


Index