The Wilding of America: How Greed and Violence Are Eroding Our Nation’s Character (Contemporary Social Issues

When a gang of teens attacked a jogger in New York’s Central Park in 1989, the press dubbed the crime “wilding”. With a fascinating twist of perspective, sociologist Derber maintains that the chilling anti-social mentality behind the offense is far more widespread than people believe, and reveals startling links between criminal wilding on the street, emotional wilding in families, economic wilding on Wall Street, and political wilding in Washington.