Author : Chic Conwell
Release : 1956
Genre : Social Science
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The Professional Thief - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Professional Thief write by Chic Conwell. This book was released on 1956. The Professional Thief available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.