Lush life : constructing organized crime in the UK /
Hobbs, Dick, 1951-
Lush life : constructing organized crime in the UK / Dick Hobbs. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xvi, 309 pages) - Clarendon studies in criminology .
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Introduction. Dubious ideologues and illegal entrepreneurs -- 2. A malady of modernity : constructing organized crime in the UK -- 3. Malignant cosmopolitanism : precursors of organized crime -- 4. Mutant proletarians : class and territoriality -- 5. The houses in-between : the neighbourhood firm on a shifting terrain -- 6. Small faces : entrepreneurial youth and the state of dogtown -- 7. Populating the underworld : armed robbery -- 8. The same money? : locating the entrepreneurial habitas -- 9. A sense of order : violence, rumour and gossip -- 10. The cosmopolitan criminal -- 11. Conclusion. A community of practice.
9780191645266
Organized crime--Great Britain.
Gangs--Great Britain.
Organized crime--Prevention.--Great Britain
Electronic Books.
HV6471 / .L874 2013
Lush life : constructing organized crime in the UK / Dick Hobbs. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xvi, 309 pages) - Clarendon studies in criminology .
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Introduction. Dubious ideologues and illegal entrepreneurs -- 2. A malady of modernity : constructing organized crime in the UK -- 3. Malignant cosmopolitanism : precursors of organized crime -- 4. Mutant proletarians : class and territoriality -- 5. The houses in-between : the neighbourhood firm on a shifting terrain -- 6. Small faces : entrepreneurial youth and the state of dogtown -- 7. Populating the underworld : armed robbery -- 8. The same money? : locating the entrepreneurial habitas -- 9. A sense of order : violence, rumour and gossip -- 10. The cosmopolitan criminal -- 11. Conclusion. A community of practice.
9780191645266
Organized crime--Great Britain.
Gangs--Great Britain.
Organized crime--Prevention.--Great Britain
Electronic Books.
HV6471 / .L874 2013