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American Confidence Man [electronic resource].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maurer, David W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cant--United States.
- Crime--United States.
- Criminal psychology.
- Swindlers and swindling--United States.
- Crime.
- Cant.
- Swindlers and swindling.
- Psychology, Applied.
- Communication.
- Behavior.
- Psychological Phenomena.
- Information Science.
- Psychiatry.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Language.
- Criminal Psychology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Psychology, Applied.
- Communication.
- Behavior.
- Psychological Phenomena.
- Information Science.
- Psychiatry.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Language.
- Criminal Psychology.
- Local Subjects:
- Cant--United States.
- Crime--United States.
- Criminal psychology.
- Swindlers and swindling--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (319 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : Charles C Thomas, 1974.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A classic in its field, this readable book is the only full-scale authentic treatment of the confidence rackets. Criminals themselves answer such questions as: How does a criminal maintain his reputation in his own culture? What are the attitudes toward the dominant culture? How are families established and maintained? How is protection organized and purchased? How does the criminal spend his money? Thieves, gamblers, carnival drifters, forgers, and criminal narcotic addicts are some of the criminal subcultures explored. Without passing judgment with moral bias, this book gives an understandin
- Contents:
- HALF TITLE: THE AMERICAN CONFIDENCE MAN ; TITLE PAGE: THE AMERICAN CONFIDENCE MAN; INTRODUCTION ; THE NAMES USED IN THIS BOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; THE AMERICAN CONFIDENCE MAN; Chapter One: A WORD ABOUT CONFIDENCE MEN ; Chapter Two: THE BIG STORE; Chapter Three: THE BIG-CON GAMES ; Chapter Four: THE MARK ; Chapter Five: THE MOB; Chapter Six: BIRDS OF A FEATHER ; Chapter Seven: TIN MITTENS; Chapter Eight: SHORT-CON GAMES ; Chapter Nine: THE HYPE ; Chapter Ten: THE CON MAN AND HIS LINGO; Chapter Eleven: A SUMMING UP
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-398-08964-7
- OCLC:
- 851972464
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