ABSTRACT

"Villians" provides a rare insight into local and family traditions of petty crime. It looks at attitudes to crime and law enforcement, and the relationship of those attitudes to the culture in which they are expressed. This book should be of interest to students and teachers in police studies, ethnomethodology and women's studies.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|17 pages

Crime, culture, and community

chapter 2|32 pages

The Grafton Arms

chapter 4|27 pages

Women

chapter 5|33 pages

Youth: like father like son

chapter 6|28 pages

Generations: past and future