Hitmen For Hire - Exposing South Africa's Underworld (Paperback)

When you next sit down at your local coffee shop, look around you: there may just be a professional hitman sitting at the next table. As author Mark Shaw reveals in this highly original and informative book, the ‘upper world’ sails perilously close to the underworld.

Hitmen For Hire takes the reader on a journey like no other, navigating a world of hammermen (hitmen), informers, rogue policemen, taxi bosses, gang leaders and crooked businessmen. The book examines a system in which contract killings have become the norm, looking at who arranges hits, where to find a hitman, and even what it is like to be a hitman – or woman.

Since 1994, South Africa has witnessed some spectacular underworld killings associated with various industries and sectors. Drawing on over a thousand cases, from 2000 to 2016, Shaw reveals how these murders have an outsized impact on the evolution of both legal and illegal economic activity.

General

Imprint:	Jonathan Ball Publishers
Release date:	July 2017
Authors:	Mark Shaw
Dimensions:	234 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	267
ISBN-13:	978-1-86842-711-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Organized crime > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Offenders > General Books > Local Author Showcase > Lifestyle
LSN:	1-86842-711-0
Barcode:	9781868427116

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