Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil

New York: Basic Books (1988)
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In this startling look at evil behavior, a UCLA sociologist tries to get inside the criminal psyche to understand what it means or feels, signifies, sounds, tastes, or looks like to do any particular crime.

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