PROFESSIONAL THIEF - BY A PROFESSIONAL THIEF

• NCJ Number: 10856
• Author(s): E H SUTHERLAND
• Date Published: 1937
• Length: 270 pages
• Sale Source: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: HV 6248 .C66A3

Annotation

MEMOIRS OF A TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY THIEF WITH EMPHASIS ON THE PROFESSION'S ATTITUDES, INTER-RELATIONS WITH OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, AND METHODS OF OPERATION.

Abstract

THE PROFESSION OF THEFT IS TREATED AS A GROUP WAY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL INSTITUTION. THIS WORK DEALS WITH ITS TECHNIQUES, CODES, STATUS, TRADITIONS, CONSENSUS AND ORGANIZATION. THE MEMOIRE DISCUSSES THE THIEF'S IDENTIFICATION WITH THE PROFESSION, HIS PARTICIPATION IN GROUP CRIME, THE KINDS OF THEFT AND CONFIDENCE GAMES PROFESSIONAL THIEVES ENGAGE IN, AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THE UNDERWORLD DEALT WITH POLICE AND THE COURTS.