| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 239 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates ) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Breaking In; 2 The Original Outlaw; 3 Robbery on the Range; 4 The G-Men Get Guns; 5 Marquee Mayhem; 6 Lone Wolves; 7 Countercultural Chaos; 8 Striking Back, Striking Big; 9 Robbery and Reverberations; Afterword; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Authors |
| Summary |
<Span><span>As long as the United States has banks, robbers will try to steal from them. </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">A History of Heists</span><span> details trends in bank robbery, including</span><span style=""font-style:italic;""> </span><span>how advances in law enforcement and security have foiled many bandits. The ostensible goal of every bank robbery is to get the money, but it is a crime that often has a strong hold on the popular imagination.</span></span> |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-229) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Bank robberies -- United States -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
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Social Welfare & Social Work.
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Bank robberies.
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Social Sciences.
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Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Palattella, Ed
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| LC no. |
2020738952 |
| ISBN |
9781442235465 |
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1442235462 |
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