On cover: Law and order: modern criminals.

"The essays in this book originally appeared in Trans-action magazine."

Includes bibliographies.

On criminals and criminologists / J.F. Short, Jr -- Diagnosing delinquency / R.L. Hamblin, M.J. Abrahamson, and R.L. Burgess -- Why gangs fight / J.F. Short, Jr. and F.L. Strodtbeck -- White gangs / W.B. Miller -- Crime, victims, and the police / P.H. Ennis -- The respectable criminal / D.R. Cressey -- Abortion laws and their victims / A.S. Rossi -- Assassination in the Middle East / C. Leiden -- Kennedy's death : myths and realities / I.L. Horowitz -- Why Kennedy was killed / H.J. Gans -- Scapegoats, villains, and disasters / T.E. Drabek and E.L. Quarantelli -- What looting in civil disturbances really means / R. Dynes and E.L. Quarantelli.