Doing the Business: Entrepreneurship, the Working Class and Detectives in the East End of London (Oxford Paperbacks). This item is unavailable.Doing the Business: Entrepreneurship, the Working Class and Detectives in the East End of London (Oxford Paperbacks)

Examining the development of both the East End and the CID, this book looks at how individuals and institutions adapt and integrate to accommodate the area's unique economy. It examines the mixed bag of petty thieves and serious criminals who form part of the myth and reality of the area. The book attempts to contribute to the sociology of policing, the study of class relations and the study of crime and delinquency.

"Doing the Business can be unreservedly recommended to lay readers for its intelligence, verve and penetrating analysis of police work. For the same reasons, of course, the book will be popular with students of criminology, social work, social history and sociology. But to students the book offers much more than a satisfying literary and academic experience―it is excellent value in terms of the wide range of topics it covers ... read it! It's a winner."Pat Carlen, University of Keele, Centre for Criminology

refreshingly different and well worth a read (Police History Society Newsletter)

an affectionate and highly entertaining portrait of East Enders. It is written with immense charm and wit ... Immensely enjoyable, difficult to put down. (P. A. J. Waddington, British Journal of Criminology)