Bouncers
Subtitle: violence and governance in the night-time economy
By: Dick Hobbs ... [et al.].
Contributors: Hobbs, Dick, 1951-
Series: Clarendon studies in criminology
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Private security services -- Great Britain; Bouncers -- Great Britain; Nightclubs -- Great Britain; Violence -- Great Britain; Subculture -- Great Britain
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-314) and index.
"Reprinted as paperback 2005 ... First published 2003"--T.p. verso.