Crooked talk : five hundred years of the language of crime / Jonathon Green.

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Publication details:

London : Random House, 2011.

Edition:

1st edition

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79679

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Subject:

Crime -- Great Britain -- Terminology.

English language -- Slang -- History.

Contents:

1. Swindlers, conmen and frauds

2. Blackmailers and others

3. Street crime

4. Theft and robbery

5. Violent crime

6. Gangs

7. Drugs

8. Prostitution

9. The agents of the law

10. Trial and sentencing

11. Incarceration.

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Includes index.

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9781847946287

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Phys. description:

394 p. : ill. ; 23 cm