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Codes of the underworld : how criminals communicate /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gambetta, Diego, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Criminals.
Communication.
Criminals > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • Criminal credentials
  • The power of limits
  • Information as hostage
  • Why prisoners fight (and signal)
  • Self-harm as a signal
  • Conventional and iconic signals
  • Protecting easy-to-fake signals
  • Criminal trademarks
  • Nicknames
  • Why (low) life imitates art.