Criminology on Trump

<p><em>Criminology on Trump</em> is a criminological investigation of the world’s most successful outlaw Donald J. Trump. Over the course of five decades Donald Trump has been accused of sexual assault tax evasion money laundering non-payment of employees and the defrauding of tenants customers contractors investors bankers and charities. Yet he has continued to amass wealth and power. In this book criminologist and social historian Gregg Barak asks why and how?<br><br>This book examines how the United States precariously maintains stability through conflict in which groups with competing interests and opposing visions struggle for power negotiate rule breaking and establish criminal justice. While primarily focused on Trump’s developing character over three quarters of a century it is also an inquiry into the changing cultural character and social structure of American society. It explores the ways in which both crime and crime control are socially constructed in relation to a changing political economy.<br><br>An accessible and compelling read this book is essential for all those who seek a criminological understanding of Donald Trump’s rise to power.</p>