Hobbs, Dick,  1951- <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780191645266 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Organized crime--Great Britain.<br/>Gangs--Great Britain.<br/>Organized crime--Prevention.--Great Britain
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6471  / .L874 2013