ABSTRACT

The previous chapter described the primary couples who frequented the Grafton Arms, the business which was conducted there, and the attitudes of the clientele towards such activities. I emphasized that the cultural context is crucial to the formation of attitudes and ‘business’ networks. This chapter traces the development of attitudes from youth to adulthood, through the histories of Del, Jimmy, and Barry: their experiences of the education system, initial contacts with the police and other criminal justice agencies, the extent and nature of their activities, and how they moved from the highly visible public sphere of juvenile crime, to the more private and institutionalised sphere which replaced it at adulthood.