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Author Moretti, Alessandro

Title The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting An Ethnography of Deviant Entrepreneurship
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (295 p.)
Series Routledge Studies in Organised Crime Ser
Routledge Studies in Organised Crime Ser
Contents Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 "A broadband connection and some guile and off you go": Introduction -- Chapter 2 The deviant entrepreneur, exploring economic opportunities in the "zones of ambiguity": Literature review -- Chapter 3 "You will receive your money as promised. Don't even begin to think it's okay to threaten me": Methodology -- Chapter 4 "It's who you know, not what you know": How touts buy and sell tickets
Chapter 5 A categorisation of touts: The scale of deviousness -- Chapter 6 "I was arrested, banned, and received a fine of £1,000 -- the best thing that ever happened to me": The art of street touting -- Chapter 7 A case study of an online tout: The "glory days" and the future -- Chapter 8 "Why is it legal when Ticketmaster does it?": Non-deviant identity formulation through techniques of neutralisation -- Chapter 9 When a ticket is available on Viagogo the "damage" has already been done: Conclusion -- Chapter 10 Appendices -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Swindlers and swindling-Great Britain
Tickets-Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000834772
1000834778