Dr. Frederick J. Desroches has worked in a mental hospital, a prison, and at the Departments of Indian Affairs and the Solicitor General in Ottawa. He currently teaches in the Sociology and Legal Studies Department at St. Jerome's University, University of Waterloo.
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* Introduction* Chapter One: Need and Greed - The Motivation to Bank Robbery* Senior Citizen* When Need Turns to Greed* Planning to Get Married* Exotic Dancer* Chapter Two: Learning from Others - The Tricks of the Trade* Young Offender * Native Indian* Papa was a Rolling Stone* Travelling Bandit* Chapter Three: From Bonnie and Clyde to Kojak: The Influence of the Mass Media* Fun with Dick and Jane* Bonnie and Clyde vs Kojak* Counting the Dough* The Relaxe Bandit* Lost Love* Chapter Four: Nothing to Lose - The Tragic* The Reluctant Robbers* John Wayne* Sad Sack Loser* The Hunchback of Notre Dame* That Wanderless Feeling* Death Wish* Outlaws on the Run* Chapter Five: Feeding the Need - The Addicts* Compulsive Gambler* I'm Getting Married in the Morning* Speed Freak* Drugs Debts* Heroin Addict* Chapter Six: Taking the Short-Cut - From Respectability to Crime* The Honest Crime* Mountie* The Middle Class Suburban Gang* Stockbroker* Chapter Seven: A Dangerous Breed - Career and Professional Criminals* I Was a Gunman* Street Smart* Filou* French Canadian* The Stopwatch Gang* Montreal Pro* Brinks* Flying Bandit* Chapter Eight: Violators of the Code - The Informants* The Swamp Gang* Informant* Jimmy the Rat* Chapter Nine: In the Arms of the Law - Encounters withthe Police* Mexican Standoff * In the Arms of the Law* Ambush* The Turk and the Man from Glad* One-Armed Bandit* Go Boy and Surveillance Squad* Chapter Ten: Deals and Appeals - Sentencing and the Courts* Lifer* Framed* Deal Making Time* Blind and Disabled* I Need Help not Prison* References