Great Pretenders

Neal Shover is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

• Preface -- Pathways of Persistent Thieves -- Origins, Options, and Preparation -- Changing Criminal Opportunities and the Unskilled -- Identity, Lifestyle, and Character -- Career Changes and Termination -- Threats, Decisions, and Confinement -- Crime Control and Persistent Thieves -- Appendix -- About the Book and Author