Homicide and Organised Crime Ethnographic Narratives of Serious Violence in the Criminal Underworld /

• Main Author: Rahman, Mohammed (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society
• Subjects: Violence.; Crime.; Police.; Criminology.; Research.; Victimology.; Crime prevention.; Violence and Crime.; Policing.; Research Methods in Criminology.; Crime Prevention.
• Physical Description: XVII, 151 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030162535
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-16253-5

This book offers rich ethnographic and narrative accounts of men who have been engaged in serious violence and organised crime in the West Midlands, England, drawing on several theoretical paradigms. Through case study examples, it considers contract killers and the nefarious position that 'hitmen' occupy in the criminal underworld. By charting insider perspectives from retired police officers, informants, ex-military personnel and ex-offenders, this book speaks to those who have a vested interest in violence, organised crime and ethnography. .