Ensimmäinen suomenkielinen yhteiskuntatieteellisesti suuntautunut alan perusteos, jossa tarkastellaan sosiologisesta näkökulmasta poikkeavuutta sekä laajemmin että erityisesti sen ehkä yleisintä muotoa, rikollisuutta. 2. Uudistettu laitos.
Matti Laine is a Finnish, Helsinki-based novelist, screenwriter and an actor. He has studied dramaturgy in the Tampere University and acting in the Theatre Academy, Helsinki. He has published seven crime-novels and was one of the writers of the Finnish Nordic-noir TV-series Bordertown (first-season). Along with TV- and cinema, he has also written for theatre two plays and does still some acting too, when the time is right. He loves football, hazy rock-clubs and Lapland.