Additional readings
King,
Harry. Box
Man: Professional Thief's Journal. New
York: Harper and Row, 1972. A fascinating autobiography with an
introduction and commentary by sociologist William Chambliss.
Reiman,
Jeffrey H. The
Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison (2d
ed.). New York: Wiley, 1984. A comprehensive look at the
criminal justice system from the conflict perspective, with a special
focus on white-collar crime.
Schur,
Edwin M. Labeling
Women Deviant: Gender, Stigma, and Social Control. Philadelphia:
Temple University Press, 1983. An examination of the criminal
justice system in its broadest context as it applies to women.
Includes coverage of sexual harassment, rape, family violence, and
mental illness.
Silberman,
Charles E. Criminal
Violence, Criminal Justice. New
York: Random House, 1978. A readable and critical account of crime
and our society's mechanisms for dealing with it.
Wilson,
James Q., and Richard J. Hernstein. Crime
and Human Nature. New
York: Simon and Schuster, 1986. A challenging, controversial approach
to crime that examines the relationship of law-abiding behavior
to intelligence, personality, and even body type.
Journals
Among
the journals which focus on issues of deviance, crime, and social
control are Crime
and Delinquency (founded
in 1955), Criminology
(1961),
and Law
and Society Review (1966).
