This monograph by a professional thief—with the aid of Edwin H. Sutherland's expert comments and analyses—is a revealing sociological document that goes far to explain the genesis, development, and patterns of criminal behavior. "Chic Conwell," as the author was known in the underworld, gives a candid and forthright account of the highly organized society in which the professional thief lives. He tells how he learned to steal, survive, succeed, and ultimately to pay his debt to society and prepare himself for full and useful citizenship. The Professional Thief presents in amazing detail the hard, cold facts about the private lives and professional habits of pickpockets, shoplifters, and conmen, and brings into focus the essential psychological and sociological situations that beget and support professional crime.
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right grift, fake gambling club, pickpocket mob, hotel prowl, larceny sense, cannon mob, other professional thieves, confidence mob, regular fixer, professional theft, professional thief, amateur thieves, predatory control, vice boss, bank burglar, fixing cases, other thieves, complaining witness, other racket, new racket, confidence game, other thief, legitimate society Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Eddie Jackson, United States, Van Cise, Josiah Flynt Willard, New Jersey, David Haggart, Fort Worth, Bob Duncan, City Council Committee, Fighting the Underworld, Hutchins Hapgood, Will Irwin, Frank Norfleet, John Landesco, Los Angeles, Roger Benton, Texas Rancher, The Criminal Underworld of Chicago, Ernest Booth, Itinerant Policeman, Kansas City, Mort King, North Side, South State Street New!
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The professional thief is one who steals professionally. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
right grift, fake gambling club, pickpocket mob, hotel prowl, larceny sense, cannon mob, other professional thieves, confidence mob, regular fixer, professional theft, professional thief, amateur thieves, predatory control, vice boss, bank burglar, fixing cases, other thieves, complaining witness, other racket, new racket, confidence game, other thief, legitimate society Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Eddie Jackson, United States, Van Cise, Josiah Flynt Willard, New Jersey, David Haggart, Fort Worth, Bob Duncan, City Council Committee, Fighting the Underworld, Hutchins Hapgood, Will Irwin, Frank Norfleet, John Landesco, Los Angeles, Roger Benton, Texas Rancher, The Criminal Underworld of Chicago, Ernest Booth, Itinerant Policeman, Kansas City, Mort King, North Side, South State Street New!
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- Fighting the Underworld by Philip Sidney Van Cise on 6 pages
- Autobiography of a Thief by Hutchins Hapgood on 5 pages
- World of Graft by Josiah Flynt on page 125, page 141, and Back Matter
- The Elizabethan Underworld: A Collection of Tudor and Early Stuart Tracts and Ballads: Key Writings on Subcultures 1535-1727: Classics from the Underworld, Volume One (Key Writings on Subcultures 1535-1727: Classics from the Underworld) by A. V. Judges on page 223, and Back Matter
- Elizabethan Rogues and Vagabonds. (Oxford Historical and Literary Studies, V. 1.) by Frank Aydelotte on page 223, and Back Matter
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- Criminological Theories: Traditional and Non-Traditional Voices and Themes by Imogene L Moyer on 9 pages
- Documents of Life 2: An Invitation to A Critical Humanism by Ken Plummer on 7 pages
- The Criminal Elite: Professional and Organized Crime (Contributions in Criminology and Penology) by Howard Abadinsky on 7 pages
- Oral History and Delinquency: The Rhetoric of Criminology by James Bennett on 5 pages
- Great Pretenders: Pursuits And Careers Of Persistent Thieves (Crime & Society) by Neal Shover on 4 pages
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