Codes of the Underworld: How Criminals Communicate

by Diego Gambetta

Book Overview

The signs and signals of criminal communication

How do criminals communicate with each other? Unlike the rest of us, people planning crimes can't freely advertise their goods and services, nor can they rely on formal institutions to settle disputes and certify quality. They face uniquely intense dilemmas as they grapple with the basic problems of whom to trust, how to make themselves trusted, and how to handle information without...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691152470
• ISBN13: 9780691152479
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"