Homo Criminalis

How crime organises the world

von Mark Galeotti

320 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Crime doesn't just pay, it tells. What we choose to ban, penalize or prosecute says something about us; and how far the mobsters and mafias are still able toply their trades says something about us, too.Homo Criminalis tells a thrilling tale of the world's changing values, the rise of the state and the emergence of modern society, through the evolution of theunderworld and its crimes. From Chinese banditry and eighteenth-century English tea smuggling to today's cocaine submarines and the high-tech crimes of tomorrow, this book aims to shows just how far society has changed - and how crime has changed with us.Often considered marginal or an aberration, we'll see how the power structures and power struggles of the criminal world have actually worked to drive progress, forming the necessary dark underbelly of humanity's evolution.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziale Dienste und Sozialwesen, Kriminologie Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik) Organisiertes Verbrechen
• ISBN: 9781529148244
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.08.2026
• Größe: 198 x 129 mm
• Verlag: Random House UK Ltd