About Criminals

Mark R. Pogrebin is a Professor and Director of Criminal Justice in the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado at Denver. He has conducted numerous field studies in the areas of police undercover work, tragic events, Afro-American policewomen, emotion management, women jailers, psychotherapists’ deviant behavior with clients, women in prison and on parole, and the strategic uses of humor among police. He has published three books and numerous journal articles and has had over twenty of his publications reprinted in anthologies.  Professor Pogrebin has his M.A. from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. A nationally-recognized authority in the field of criminal justice, Dr. Pogrebin held faculty positions at Florida State University and the University of Iowa prior to joining SPA in 1976. His present interests lie in the areas of criminology and penology, sociology of law and organizations, administration of justice, deviant behavior, and qualitative research methods.

• IntroductionPART I: Property Crimes1. Understanding Adolescent Property Crime Using a Delinquent Events Perspective - Vera Lopez2. Street Life and the Rewards of Auto Theft, by Heith Copes - Heith Copes3. Gender, Social Networks, and Residential Burglary - Christopher Mullins and Richard WrightPART II: Violent Crimes4. Retrospective Accounts of Violent Events by Gun Offenders - Mark Pogrebin, Paul Stretesky, N. Prabha Unnithan, and Gerald Venor5. Dubs and Dees, Beats and Rims: Carjackers and Urban Violence - Volkan Topalli and Richard Wright6. Gangstas, Thugs and Hustlas: Identity and the Code of the Street in Rap Music - Charis KubrinPART III: Sex Crimes7. Street Smarts and Urban Myths: Women, Sex Work, and the Role of Storytelling in Risk Reduction and Rationalization - Brenda Roche, Alan Neaigus, and Maureen Miller8.Accounts of Professional Misdeeds: The Sexual Exploitation of Clients by Psychotherapists - Mark Pogrebin, Eric Poole, and Amos Martinez9.Constructing Coercion: The Organization of Sexual Assault - Brian Monahan and Joseph MorollaPART IV: Gangs and CrimeFrom Punk Kids to Public Enemy Number One - Pete Simi, Lowell Smith, and Ann M.S. Reeser11. Gang-Related Gun Violence: Socialization, Identity, and Self - Paul Stretesky and Mark Pogrebin12. Young Mother (in the) Hood: Gang Girls’ Negotiation of New Identities - Molly Moloney, Geoffrey Hunt, Karen Joe-Laidler, PART V: White Collar–Occupational Crime13. Dialing for Dollars: Opportunities, Justifications, and Telemarketing Fraud - Neal Shover, Glenn Coffey, and Clinton Sanders14. Understanding Identity Theft: Offenders’ Accounts of their Lives and Crimes - Heith Copes and Lynne Vieraitis15.Transferring Subcultural Knowledge On-Line: Practices and Beliefs of Persistent Digital Pirates - Thomas Holt and Heith CopesPART VI: Drugs and Crime16. Cooks are like Gods: Hierarchies in Methamphetamine-Producing Groups - Robert Jenkot17.We Weren’t Like no Regular Dope Fiends: Negotiating Hustler and Crackhead Identities - Heith Copes, Andy Hochstetler, and J. Patrick Williams18.Writing Against the Image of the Monstrous Crack Mother - Aline GubriumPART VII: Gender and Crime19. Moving Beyond Stereotypes: Women’s Subjective Accounts of their Violent Crime - Candace Kruttschnitt and Kristin Carbone-Lopez20. The Work of Sex Work: Elite Prostitutes’ Vocational Orientations and Experiences - Ann Lucas21. Mothering, Crime and Incarceration - Kathleen Ferraro and Angela MoePART VIII: Support Systems and Crime22.The Familial Relationships of Former Prisoners: Examining the Link Between Residence and Informal Support Mechanisms - Damian Martinez and Johnna Christian23 .On the Ropes: Londa and Derek - Donald Braman24. Leaving the Streets: Transformation of Prostitute Identity within the Prostitution Rehabilitation Program - Sharon Oselin25.Me and the Law is not Friends”: How Former Prisoners Make Sense of Reentry - Lucia Trimbur26. The Love of a Good Man? Romantic Relationships as a Source of Support or Hindrance of Female Ex-Offenders - Andrea Leverentz