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  • The Business

    Talking with thieves, gangsters and dealers

    by Dick Hobbs ...
    Professor Dick Hobbs is a leading commentator on the culture of crime and criminality. East End born and bred, he is a fascinating dichotomy of the criminal and the intellectual world, allowing him a unique insight into a subject that holds fascination for so many.When he was growing up, the East End was rocking with dock strikes, thievery and the kind of family values practiced by the Krays the ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mischief, Morality and Mobs

    Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Pearson

    Edited by Dick Hobbs ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Ethnography
    Geoffrey Pearson, who died in 2013, was one of the outstanding social scientists of the post second world war era. His work spanned social work, social theory, social history, criminology and sociology. In particular, his work has had a huge impact upon studies of youth, youth culture and drugs.This collection is made up of contributions from scholars producing empirical work on some of the key ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Lush Life

    Constructing Organized Crime in the UK

    by Dick Hobbs ...
    Series series Clarendon Studies in Criminology
    Lush Life: Constructing Organized Crime in the UK opens 'the box marked do not open, too difficult to deal with', in the words of one Assistant Chief Constable, to explore the contested notion of British organized crime. The first book to trace the history and policing of British organized crime, it addresses how the interlocking processes of de-industrialisation, globalisation and neo-liberalism ... Read more

    $112.49 USD

  • Securing and Sustaining the Olympic City

    Reconfiguring London for 2012 and Beyond

    by Pete Fussey, Jon Coaffee, Dick Hobbs ...
    Often seen as the host nation's largest ever logistical undertaking, accommodating the Olympics and its attendant security infrastructure brings seismic changes to both the physical and social geography of its destination. Since 1976, the defence of the spectacle has become the central feature of its planning, one that has assumed even greater prominence following the bombing of the 1996 Atlanta ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Policing the 2012 London Olympics

    Legacy and Social Exclusion

    by Gary Armstrong, Richard Giulianotti, Dick Hobbs ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Ethnography
    The summer Olympic Games are renowned for producing the world’s biggest single-city cultural event. While the Olympics and other sport mega-events have received growing levels of academic investigation from a variety of disciplinary approaches, relatively little is known about how such occasions are experienced directly by local host communities and publics.This ethnography examines the everyday ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    The Business

    Talking with thieves, gangsters and dealers

    by Dick Hobbs ...
    Narrated by Dick Hobbs ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 14 min

    Professor Dick Hobbs is a leading commentator on the culture of crime and criminality. East End born and bred, he is a fascinating dichotomy of the criminal and the intellectual world, allowing him a unique insight into a subject that holds fascination for so many.When he was growing up, the East End was rocking with dock strikes, thievery and the kind of family values practiced by the Krays the ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Turning Your Back on Crime Can be Deadly

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