Social services & welfare, criminology
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The Good Guys Wear Black: Real-life Heroes of the Police's Rapid-response Firearms Unit by Steve Collins
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Here Steve Collins gives the inside story of these operations, which we otherwise only get to hear about when they make the headlines. Learn More -
Change the World for a Fiver: We are What We Do by
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Gangs: A Journey into the Heart of the British Underworld by Tony Thompson
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Takes us on a journey into the underworld. From Triad human traffickers in Dover and ecstasy factor owners in Liverpool, to Albanian vice barons in London and gun-toting teenage crack dealers in Birmingham, this work reveals the inside story of contemporary organised crime. Learn More -
Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld by Herbert Asbury
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Life in mid-19 century New York was tough, and violence and corruption were rife. Two gangs, the Dead Rabbits and the Native Americans, were locked in an endless battle for supremacy. Amsterdam Vallon, son of the Rabbits' murdered leader, is seeking vengeance for his father's death at the hands of Bill 'The Butcher'. Learn More -
Change the World for a Fiver: We are What We Do by
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Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld by Herbert Asbury
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Our Price: £2.59
Life in mid-19 century New York was tough, and violence and corruption were rife. Two gangs, the Dead Rabbits and the Native Americans, were locked in an endless battle for supremacy. Amsterdam Vallon, son of the Rabbits' murdered leader, is seeking vengeance for his father's death at the hands of Bill 'The Butcher'. Learn More -
Gangland Britain by Tony Thompson
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This is a picture of crime from within the ranks of the Hell's Angels, the Yardies, the Triads and the Yakuza, as well as the more traditional old-style East End gangs. It gives an insight into their initiation ceremonies, their methods, their money-raising tactics. Learn More -
Invisible Women: True Stories of Courage and Survival by Jacky Trevane
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Jacky Trevane's first book Fatwa elicited a massive response from women who felt themselves to be marginalised. Now in Invisible Women she tells the powerful stories of some of these women who have lost their identities and are forced to make the tough choice of remaining invisible to survive, or to take on the fight to be who they really are. Learn More -
The Glory Boys: True-life Adventures of Scotland Yard's SWAT, the Last Line of Defence in the War Against International Crime by Steve Collins
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rIn graphic detail, former SO19 Black Team leader, Steve Collins follows the Metropolitan Police Specialist firearms unit, "The Glory Boys", on a trail that leads from shoot-outs with dealers in Britain, to the capture of "Mr Big", a notorious Columbian drugs dealer. Learn More -
Gangland Britain by Tony Thompson
New RRP: £8.99
Our Price: £2.59
This is a picture of crime from within the ranks of the Hell's Angels, the Yardies, the Triads and the Yakuza, as well as the more traditional old-style East End gangs. It gives an insight into their initiation ceremonies, their methods, their money-raising tactics. Learn More




