The Professional Thief, by a Professional Thief: Annotated and Interpreted by Edwin H. Sutherland - 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, by a Professional Thief: Annotated and Interpreted by Edwin H. Sutherland write by Chic Conwell. This book was released on 1963. The Professional Thief, by a Professional Thief: Annotated and Interpreted by Edwin H. Sutherland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Professional Thief
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 1965. The Professional Thief available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Professional Thief
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 1965. The Professional Thief available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Professional Thief
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.
Empire of Deception
Empire of Deception - 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 Empire of Deception write by Dean Jobb. This book was released on 2015-05-19. Empire of Deception available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A rollicking tale that is one part The Sting, one part The Great Gatsby, and one part The Devil in the White City.” —Karen Abbott, author of Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy In a time of unregulated madness, nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. It was the perfect place for a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz to entice hundreds of people to invest as much as $30 million--upwards of $400 million today--in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama. It was an ingenious deceit, one that out-Ponzied Charles Ponzi himself. In this rip-roaring tale of greed, financial corruption, dirty politics, over-the-top and under-the-radar deceit, illicit sex, and a brilliant and wildly charming con man on the town and then on the lam, Empire of Deception proves that the American dream of easy wealth is truly a timeless commodity. “Captivating . . . Dean Jobb tells the story of Leo Koretz, a legendary con artist of Madoffian audacity, with terrific energy and narrative brio.” —Gary Krist, author of Empire of Sin “A brilliantly researched tale of greed, ambition, and our desperate need to believe in magic, it’s history that captures America as it really was--and always will be. A great read.” —Douglas Perry, author of Eliot Ness “Reads like a Gatsby-Ponzi mashup . . . Kudos to Jobb for unearthing this overlooked story and bringing to life a charming, witty, naughty, iconic American crook.” —Neal Thompson, author of A Curious Man “The granddaddy of all con men, Leo Koretz gives Jobb the opportunity to exhibit his impressive research and storytelling skills . . . A highly readable, entertaining story.” —Kirkus Reviews
