Illustrates the ways that the “war on crime” became conjoined—aesthetically, politically, and rhetorically—with the emergence of gangsta rap as a lucrat

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Intended to bridge the gap between theory and the real world of crime and criminal justice, discussing what crime is, why criminologists think people commit cri

In a major new theory of criminal behavior, Mark Colvin argues that chronic criminals emerge from a developmental process characterized by recurring, erratic ep

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