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Armed Robbers: Identity and Cultural Mythscapes in the Lucky Country
Armed Robbers offers a frank account of the experiences of 42 convicted armed robbers in Australia suffused with moral ambiguities. Their accounts are interwoven with historical events and national folk tales - each contribute threads that when sewn together produce a uniquely Australian criminal identity.
| Author(s) | By Emmeline Taylor (Associate Professor in Criminology, Associate Professor in Criminology, University of London). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 208 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 31 Mar 2022 |
| Availability | Available |
Armed Robbers offers a frank account of the experiences of 42 convicted armed robbers in Australia suffused with moral ambiguities. Their accounts are interwoven with historical events and national folk tales - each contribute threads that when sewn together produce a uniquely Australian criminal identity.
Part One: Encounters 1: Introduction 2: The Edge of Reason: Affective Transgression 3: Prison Research Part Two: Identity and Performance 4: The Lucky Country: National Mythscapes and the Australian Dream 5: Becoming an Armed Robber: Performativity
Dr. Emmeline Taylor is Associate Professor in Criminology at City, University of London. Her research explores several dimensions of crime and criminal behaviour with particular emphasis on the experiences and motivations of offenders, new technologies, t
