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Robbery in the illegal drugs trade : violence and vengeance /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McLean, Robert (Author), Densley, James A. (James Andrew), 1982- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2022.
Series:Bristol shorts research.
Subjects:
Robbery.
Robbery > Psychological aspects.
Robbery > Prevention.
Drug traffic.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Robbery in the Illegal Drugs Trade: Violence and Vengeance
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • Notes on the Authors
  • Acknowledgments
  • One On Robbery
  • Putting this book (and robbery) in context
  • Data sources and methods
  • Looking ahead
  • Two From Robbing Places to Robbing People
  • Working for the man
  • Adapting to change: starting a robbery career
  • Concluding remarks
  • Three The Will to Rob
  • Robbing for money ... and what money can buy
  • Psychopharmacological and economic-compulsive robbery
  • Debt and debt-bondage as motives for robbery
  • When 'the action is the juice'
  • Concluding remarks
  • Four Robbery in Action
  • Victim selection and the 'performance' of robbery
  • Getting played
  • Concluding remarks
  • Fiver Trust No One
  • Robbing Peter to pay Paul
  • I thought we were mates? Intra-gang robbery
  • Concluding remarks
  • Six Life After Robbery
  • Concluding remarks
  • Seven Conclusion
  • Implications for practice and policy
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover