1st Edition

Badfellas Crime, Tradition and New Masculinities

By Simon Winlow Copyright 2001
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

Fights, fraud and drugs racketeering regularly hit the headlines, but they are just news stories for most of us. For others, they constitute a way of life. This book uncovers a world where male identity is expressed each day through physical strength and power. Focusing on professional criminals and violent men, the author shows how workshop camaraderie, hard physical work and criminal reputations... Read more

1 History, Modernity and Masculinities, 2 And Then the World Changed, 3 Bouncing as a Contemporary Urban Career: Post-modernity, De-industrialization, Masculinity and Cultural Adaptation, 4 Summary and Conclusion

Biography

Simon Winlow is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at theUniversity of Teesside.