ABSTRACT
The previous three chapters have described the adult generation: the clientele of the Grafton Arms, the business which was conducted there, and the attitudes of both the men and women towards crime and law enforcement in general and in relation to their own offending in particular. The case studies in Chapter 3 illustrated important transitions from the ‘public’ sphere of crime in which Del, Jimmy, and Barry were engaged during their youth to the ‘private’, more institutionalised sphere during adulthood, where the opportunities presented by the occupational setting and extended family networks fulfilled the pursuit of ‘easy money’ with little risk of detection. Attitudes, however, remained the same.
