STACKED CARDS. First Edition, 1934 by Dare Phillips

  

This book examines London's transformation from the mid-Victorian "miracle" of low (and diminishing) crime to its status as a high-crime society at the outset of the twenty-first century. It treats six different types of misdeed - burglary, shopbreaking, shoplifting, confidence schemes, robbery, and drug smuggling - as representative of distinct phases in the evolution of criminal activity and the criminal-justice system in modern Britain. It argues that the growth of lawbreaking must be explained by connecting sensational and mundane offenses alike to their social and economic contexts, with a particular focus on how these contexts (including experience within the penal system) shape criminal decision-making and expanded opportunities for transgression. This item is in the category "Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "uckerse" and is located in this country: US.

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1. Binding: Cloth
2. Place of Publication: London
3. Language: English
4. Special Attributes: 1st Edition
5. Region: North America
6. Author: Dare Phillips
7. Publisher: Falcon Books - John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd
8. Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
9. Topic: Gambling
10. Subject: Crime
11. Year Printed: 1934
12. Original/Facsimile: Original