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Codes of the underworld : how criminals communicate / Diego Gambetta.
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9780691119373 (hbk.)
0691119376 (hbk.)
9780691152479
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Gambetta, Diego, 1952-
Title
Codes of the underworld : how criminals communicate / Diego Gambetta.
Published
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Description
xxv, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Criminal credentials -- The power of limits -- Compromising information as hostage -- Why prisoners fight (and signal) -- Self-harm as a signal -- Conventional signals -- Protecting easy-to-fake signals -- "Mafia" and other criminal trademarks -- Nicknames -- Why (low) life imitates art.
Criminal credentials -- The power of limits -- Information as hostage -- Why prisoners fight (and signal) -- Self-harm as a signal -- Conventional and iconic signals -- Protecting easy-to-fake signals -- Criminal trademarks -- Nicknames -- Why (low) life imitates art.
Summary
"How do criminals communicate with each other? Unlike the rest of us, people planning crimes can't freely advertise their goods and services, nor can they rely on formal institutions to settle disputes and certify quality. They face uniquely intense dilemmas as they grapple with the basic problems of whom to trust, how to make themselves trusted, and how to handle information without being detected by rivals or police. In this book, one of the world's leading scholars of the mafia ranges from ancient Rome to the gangs of modern Japan, from the prisons of Western countries to terrorist and pedophile rings, to explain how despite these constraints, many criminals successfully stay in business.".
"Diego Gambetta shows that as villains balance the lure of criminal reward against the fear of dire punishment, they are inspired to unexpected feats of subtlety and ingenuity in communication. He uncovers the logic of the often bizarre ways in which inveterate and occasional criminals solve their dilemmas, such as why the tattoos and scars etched on a criminal's body function as lines on a professional resume, why inmates resort to violence to establish their position in the prison pecking order, and why mobsters are partial to nicknames and imitate the behavior they see in mafia movies. Even deliberate self-harm and the disclosure of their crimes are strategically employed by criminals to convey important messages."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Criminals
Communication
Criminals -- Social conditions
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Communication
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Criminals
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Criminals -- Social conditions
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See Also:
Business communication
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Communication in organizations
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Communicative competence
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Cybernetics
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Diffusion of innovations
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Intercultural communication
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Language and languages
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Language arts
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Mass media
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Nonverbal communication
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Oral communication
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Persuasion (Psychology)
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Popular culture
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Sociology
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Visual communication
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Written communication
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Crime
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Criminology
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Gangs
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Juvenile delinquents
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Sex offenders
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Swindlers and swindling
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