Bouncers : violence and governance in the night-time economy /

Bouncers : violence and governance in the night-time economy /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 323 p.).
Language:English
Series:Clarendon studies in criminology
Clarendon studies in criminology.
Subject:
Violence -- Great Britain.
Bouncers -- Great Britain.
Bouncers.
Nightclubs.
Private security services.
Subculture.
Violence.
Great Britain.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8838499
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Other authors / contributors:Hobbs, Dick, 1951-
ISBN:9780191700484 (ebook) : No price
0191700487 (ebook) : No price
Notes:Originally published: 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:This text is an attempt to understand Britain's night-time economy, the violence that pervades it, and the bouncers whose job it is to prevent it. Britain's rapidly expanding night-life is one of the countries most vibrant economic spheres, but it has created huge problems of violence and disorder.
Other form:Print version 9780199288007

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