The Professional Thief (Midway Reprint) - Softcover

Conwell, Chic Hardin; Sutherland, Edwin Hardin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226780511 ISBN 13: 9780226780511

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1988

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Chic Conwell was the pseudonym disguising the thief who was the primary source and co-author of The Professional Thief. Conwell was probably a Chicago criminal with the sobriquet of Broadway Jones, whose real name may have been Russell P. Jones.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226780511
• ISBN 13: 9780226780511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270
• Editor: Sutherland Edwin Hardin