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Author's note -- Introduction: up north -- Little Siberia -- A chemical reaction -- David Sweat : born into turmoil -- Richard Matt : twisted -- Throwing away the key -- The blonde and the burger -- The hunt -- One down -- The capture of sweat -- Back to normal? -- Autumn and winter -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations follow page.

The Devil at Genesee Junction recalls the mutilation murders of George-Ann Formiciola and Catherine Ann Bernhard that happened in June 1966 in the backfields of Chili, NY. The author, along with the help of a mother of one of the victims and a private detective, heats up the cold case, and sends the investigation in a startling new direction.

1. An overview of life course theory and research -- 2. Biology and behavior : the launch pad -- 3. The family : initial trajectories -- 4. Adolescence and crime : continuity and change -- 5. Adulthood : desistance, persistence, and human agency -- 6. History, social change, and the life course -- 7. What can be done? : intervening in the life course -- 8. Crime and the life course : summing up.

In recent years, the lifecourse perspective has become a popular theoretical orientation toward crime. Yet despite its growing importance in the field of criminology, most textbooks give it only cursory treatment. Crime and the Lifecourse: An Introduction by Michael L. Benson provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research and theory on the life-course approach to crime. The book emphasizes a conceptual understanding of this approach. A special feature is the integration of qualitative and quantitative research on criminal life histories.

This study of convicted white‐collar offenders treats their explanations for involvement in criminal activities. It focuses specifically on the techniques that are used to deny criminality. The strategies used to accomplish this end are detailed. It is suggested that the accounts developed by white‐collar offenders to explain involvement in criminal activities are structured by the mechanics, histories, and organizational formats of offenses and by the requirement that they defeat the conditions of successful degradation ceremonies. In conclusion, some preliminary observations concerning the causes of white‐collar crime are made.

The processing of white collar offenders by the criminal justice system has been a subject of much controversy in criminology and criminal justice studies. In particular, debate has centered on whether these offenders are more or less stigmatized by indictment, conviction, and sentencing than ordinary offenders. Utilizing a sample of white collar offenders, the effects of conviction and sentencing on the loss of occupational status by offenders are explored. The data indicate that loss of occupational status, as a nonlegal consequence of conviction, is not spread evenly through the offender population. Professionals and those employed in the public sector or in licensed occupations are much more likely to lose occupational status than private businessmen or those employed by private businesses.

"Who really killed "Crazy Joe" Gallo? At last, the truth can be told. And it wasn't Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran as he claimed. From acclaimed true-crime author Michael Benson and real-life "Mafia Survivor" Frank Dimatteo, the shocking and brutal story of Carmine DiBiase-aka Sonny Pinto-the elusive Mafia killer who went from small-time street punk to FBI's Most Wanted list to Death Row-only to be released on the streets to kill and kill again...among those who died by his gun was Joey Gallo. "Sober, he was nothing, but drunk he would blow your head off." That's how Pete the Greek described Carmine "Sonny" DiBiase, the Colombo crime family hitman who'd been terrorizing Manhattan's Little Italy since he was a kid. After beating and robbing a local tailor and doing time in reformatory, Sonny set up operations at The Mayfair Boys Civic and Social Club, an illegal poolroom where he shot and killed his best friend on Christmas day... A prime suspect of this and other crimes, Sonny went on the lam and off the grid for seven years. He then surrendered himself to police, was tried for murder and sentenced to death. But after a second trial, he walked away a free man-free to kill again. Joey "Crazy Joe" Gallo and his President Street mob waged a deadly Mafia civil war with the Colombo crime family, and in particular, Carmine "the Snake" Persico. A contract was put out for Gallo and his gang. And on that fateful night of April 7, 1972, in a Little Italy restaurant, Gallo was assassinated...by Carmine "Sonny" DiBiasi... This is the true story of who really whacked Crazy Joey Gallo on that fateful night of April 7, 1972"--Publisher's description

Umberto "Albert" Anastasia was born in Italy at the turn of the century. Five decades later, he would be gunned down in a barber shop in New York City. What happened in the years in between--and why every crime family had reason to want him dead--is one of the most brutal and fascinating stories in the history of American organized crime. This in-depth account of the man who became one of the most powerful and homicidal crime bosses of the twentieth century from Mafia insider Frank Dimatteo is the first full-length book to chronicle Anastasia's bloody rise from fresh-off-the-boat immigrant to founder of the notorious killer's club Murder, Inc.--featuring never-before-told accounts from those who feared him most

In this blistering street-level account, "Mafia survivor" Frank DiMatteo teams up with true-crime master Michael Benson to take down one of the most notorious figures in the American La Cosa Nostra. This is the real inside story of Carmine "The Snake" Persico, from his crime-filled childhood on the streets of Brooklyn to the long-term jail sentences that didn't stop him from controlling his criminal empire, with the help of his brother-the equally kill-crazy Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico. This is the story of his deadly teen years as leader of the fearsome Garfield Boys; his recruitment into the Profaci-later the Colombo-crime family; his bloody betrayal of the Gallo brothers; his role in the hair-raising ambush and slaying of Albert Anastasia-the Lord High Executioner of Murder, Inc.-as he sat in a barbershop chair getting a shave; the terror he struck into the hearts of the New York Mafia's other families, and even his own crews; and the many courtroom trials where Persico walked after witnesses came down with sudden cases of "amnesia." Today, Persico schmoozes with Ponzi king Bernard Madoff behind bars. There, at age eighty-four, his legend-packed as it is with coldblooded brutality-continues to inspire goodfellas everywhere

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Using the Mark's Greed: Types of Cons -- 2: Anatomy of a Con -- 3: The Impersonator -- 4: Common Scams -- 5: ID Theft -- 6: E-Cons:Scamming on the Grifter Superhighway -- 7: World Without Shame -- 8: Public Education and Protection Against Cons -- 9: Media Investigations: 60 Minutes -- Chronology -- Endnotes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Further Resources -- Books -- Web Sites -- About the Author -- About the Consulting Editor.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1: History of White-Collar Crime -- 2: Types of White-Collar Crime -- 3: The Federal Bureau of Investigation -- 4: ABSCAM: How to Catch White-Collar Criminals -- 5: Crimes Against Consumers -- 6: Crimes Against the Environment: Love Canal -- 7: Health Care, Bad investments, and Spam -- 8: Corporate Crime: Enron -- 9: Computer Crimes and ID Theft -- 10: Insider Trading: The Case of Martha Stewart -- 11: The Savings and Loan Scandal -- Chronology -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Further resources -- Index -- About the Author -- About the Consulting Editor.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Making Money -- 2: The Mole:Infiltrating the Mob -- 3: Informants: They Call Them Rats -- 4: Surveillance: Wiring Informants, Tapping Phones, and Snapping Pictures -- 5: The Big Bust -- 6: Innovations and New Law -- 7: Other Mobs -- 8: Famous Rubouts -- 9: When the Government Declares War -- 10: A Brief History of the Gambino Crime family -- Chronology -- Endnotes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Further Resources -- Books -- Web Sites -- DVD -- Index -- About the Author -- About the Consulting Editor.