The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting: An Ethnography of Deviant Entrepreneurship (Routledge Studies in Organised Crime)

Alessandro Moretti is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Global Criminology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Title: The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting: An Ethnography of Deviant Entrepreneurship (Routledge Studies in Organised Crime)

Author: Moretti, Alessandro

ISBN: 9780367767860

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Publication Date: 2023-02-10

Number of Pages: 282

Weight: 0.5602 kg

Alessandro Moretti has arrived as a true breath of fresh air and a vital new voice in criminology. 'The Rise and Rise...' is quite simply a stunning book. Moretti takes the reader on an ethnographic journey into the secretive world of deviant ticket sellers, brilliantly capturing the nuances and complexities surrounding debates on touting, but also showing us so much more. Highlighting the spectrum of conflicting interests that characterise the phenomenon of selling tickets for profit and the responses to it, Moretti introduces a rich ensemble of characters and practices that rejuvenate criminology and the sociological study of enterprise and deviance. Reminiscent of the very best work of the likes of Dick Hobbs, Gary Armstrong and Patricia Adler, this is a book that anyone interested in criminology, sport, music or life in general ought to read. A sociological masterpiece that is no doubt destined to be regarded a classic. This book is so needed. Doing an ethnography well with something new is a rare thing, and it makes me green with envy.

James Treadwell, Professor in Criminology at Staffordshire University, UK