Woodiwiss, Michael, Hobbs, Dick
Moral panics are conventionally associated with the interpretations of youthful action imposed by powerful state or media forces. However, the concept is also useful in understanding more generally...
A Zone of Ambiguity: The Political Economy of Cigarette Bootlegging (2007)
This paper examines the development of cigarette bootlegging within the United Kingdom by way of a case study of an entrepreneurial criminal firm which sought to capitalize upon the cigarette price...
'Door Lore'. The Art and Economics of Intimidation (2002)
Hobbs, Dick, Hadfield, Philip, Lister, Stuart, Winlow, Simon
Get Ready to Duck. Bouncers and the Realities of Ethnographic Research on Violent Groups (2001)
Winlow, Simon, Hobbs, Dick, Lister, Stuart, Hadfield, Philip
This paper seeks to address some of the pragmatic and ethical issues encountered when researching violence. We seek through reference to our own work and to the work of others to highlight the...
The Firm. Organizational Logic and Criminal Culture on a Shifting Terrain (2001)
This paper will seek to extend arguments made elsewhere concerning changes in criminal fraternities (Hobbs 1995, 1997a), by focusing upon the c