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

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Synopsis
This book presents an ethnographic study of contemporary ticket touts in the UK. Despite the recent interest in the topic of black-market ticket sales, media coverage and parliamentary interventions over the last ten years have revealed a widespread lack of knowledge with regards to the phenomenon of touting and the players involved in the practice. The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting sheds light on the world of touting and delivers an authentic picture of the individuals involved, of their methods, values, and motivations for performing ticket touting as an organised, entrepreneurial deviant activity. The touts’ attitudes, perceptions, adaptations to – or outright dismissal of – the changing legal landscape are focal points of the study. Of equal importance are the touts’ varied methods of buying and selling tickets, the hierarchical structures and strict ethos of their criminal organisations, and their specific modi operandi for evading detection and arrest both on the streets and online. This book illuminates why historic and renewed attempts to challenge ticket touting have been unsuccessful, focusing on inadequate legislation, a lack of enforcement, and the widespread corruption and exploitable loopholes that exist within the official, primary ticket market. An accessible and compelling read, The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, social policy, policing and all those with an interest in live music and sport and the hidden practices that lurk beneath the surface.
Copyright:
2023

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
282 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000834826
Related ISBNs:
9780367767860, 9781003168553, 9780367767877
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Alessandro Moretti
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Sports, Social Studies, Sociology
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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