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Armed Robbers offers a frank account of the experiences of 42 convicted armed robbers in Australia suffused with moral ambiguities. Their accounts are interwoven with historical events and national folk tales - each contribute threads that when sewn together produce a uniquely Australian criminal identity.
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Dr. Emmeline Taylor is Associate Professor in Criminology at City, University of London. Her research explores several dimensions of crime and criminal behaviour with particular emphasis on the experiences and motivations of offenders, new technologies, the police, and retail crime. Dr Taylor has published extensively across these topics, including the books: Surveillance Schools (2013, Palgrave), Surveillance Futures (Routledge, 2017), and Crime, Deviance and Society (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
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Armed Robbers offers a frank account of the experiences of 42 convicted armed robbers in Australia suffused with moral ambiguities. Their accounts are interwoven with historical events and national folk tales - each contribute threads that when sewn together produce a uniquely Australian criminal identity.
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The conclusions Taylor reaches are those readers may intuitively suspect: offenders have been exposed to violence for much of their lives, and drugs and abuse play a part in shaping behaviour. Yet the observational approach adds real-world nuance, and not all outcomes are entirely to be expected.
