Classic cons and swindles
By: Josh Wilker ; Austin Sarat, general editor.
Contributors: Sarat, Austin.
Series: Crime, justice, and punishment
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Impostors and imposture -- Juvenile literature.; Swindlers and swindling -- Juvenile literature.; Fraud -- Juvenile literature.; Swindlers and swindling.; Fraud.
Description: Discusses some of the ways swindlers can take an honest person's money, describing various scams, con games, and hoaxes that have been perpetrated in the past.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-69) and index.