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Lush Life - Constructing Organized Crime in the UK (Hardcover, New)
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Lush Life - Constructing Organized Crime in the UK (Hardcover, New)
Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology
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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 have normalised activity that was previously the
exclusive domain of professional criminals. With both historical
and sociological analyses, informed by the author's long term
connection to an ethnographic site called 'Dogtown', a composite of
several overlapping neighbourhoods in East London, this book
critically addresses cliches such as criminal underworlds and the
notion of the criminal firm. It considers the precursors to British
organized crime, as well as the careers of famous crime families
such as the Krays and the Richardsons, alongside the emergence of
specialised law enforcement institutions to deal with this newly
discovered threat. It also focuses on the various ways in which
violence functions within organised crime, the role of rumour in
formulating order within crime networks, the social construction of
organised crime, the development of the cosmopolitan criminal and
the all-inclusive nature of the contemporary criminal community of
practice. Permeating throughout is a discussion of the flexible
nature of the criminal market, the constructed nature of the notion
of organised crime, and the normalisation of criminality.
Underpinned by rich, context-specific examples, case studies,
stories, and other qualitative evidence based on ethnographic
research and interviews, Lush Life follows on from the author's
work on normal crime (Doing the Business), and professional crime
(Bad Business).
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