Burglars on the Job: Streetlife and Residential Break-Ins

by Richard T. Wright and Scott H. Decker

Book Overview

Winner of the SSSP Crime and Delinquency Outstanding Scholarship Award (1995)

Through extensive and candid interviews, the authors of this ground-breaking work have studied burglars' decision-making processes within the context of their streetlife culture. In this volume they present their findings in the areas of motivation, target selection, methods of entering and searching a residence, and methods of selling stolen goods, concluding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555532713
• ISBN13: 9781555532710
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

burglars on the job

Fast and easy to read. Interesting. First chapter can be skipped--too much research info and dull.

Highly Recommended

I remember reading this books years after the fact. It was very insightful and gave great ideas for protecting my home.