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Bad Business: Professional Crime in Modern Britain
by Dick Hobbs
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/Not Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0198258488
- ISBN 13
- 9780198258483
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1995. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New copy still in shrink wrap. 152pp illustrated in b/w. Written by a leading commentator on the culture of crime and criminality, this book is a hard-hitting and disturbing insight into the activities and attitudes of professional Criminals. The work is based upon interviews with generations of criminals whose activities range from violence, intimidation, and protection rackets through to drug dealing and car theft. Professional criminals talk in graphic detail about their violent methods and ruthless attitudes to those who stand in their way. The stories show a picture of a community where criminals have an elevated status, where violence is seen as a part of life, and prison is an occupational hazard--not a deterrent. The author spent three years at street level talking to the people whose stories appear in this book, and he presents us with a picture of a world beyond the usual glamorous, media friendly images of the gangster: a place where it is a struggle to thrive in a dangerous and highly competitive environment..
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- Bookseller
- First Landing Books & Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57000
- Title
- Bad Business: Professional Crime in Modern Britain
- Author
- Dick Hobbs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0198258488
- ISBN 13
- 9780198258483
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Criminals Gangsters Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Political Science;
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