03723nam 2200673 450 991079763190332120210430003620.00-231-54049-310.7312/will17082(CKB)3710000000485552(EBL)4414133(SSID)ssj0001554927(PQKBManifestationID)16181720(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001554927(PQKBWorkID)14818317(PQKB)10376541(DE-B1597)458550(OCoLC)922451476(OCoLC)940679976(DE-B1597)9780231540490(Au-PeEL)EBL4582094(CaPaEBR)ebr11242203(CaONFJC)MIL838508(MiAaPQ)EBC4582094(EXLCZ)99371000000048555220160823h20152015 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrThe con men hustling in New York City /Terry Williams and Trevor B. MiltonNew York :Columbia University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (289 p.)Studies in TransgressionDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-17082-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --One. Alibi: Portrait of a Con Man --Two. City Cons and Hustles --Three. The Con Crew --Four. The Con Game as Street Theater --Five. Petty Street Hustles --Six. Canal Street as Venus Flytrap --Seven. The Numbers Game --Eight. New York Tenant Hustles --Nine. A Drug Hustle: The Crack Game --Ten. NYPD and the Finest Cons --Eleven. Wall Street Cons --Epilogue --Notes --Glossary --Bibliography --IndexThis vivid account of hustling in New York City explores the sociological reasons why con artists play their game and the psychological tricks they use to win it. Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton, two prominent sociologists and ethnographers, spent years with New York con artists to uncover their secrets. The result is an unprecedented view into how con games operate, whether in back alleys and side streets or in police precincts and Wall Street boiler rooms. Whether it's selling bootleg goods, playing the numbers, squatting rent-free, scamming tourists with bogus stories, selling knockoffs on Canal Street, or crafting Ponzi schemes, con artists use verbal persuasion, physical misdirection, and sheer charm to convince others to do what they want. Williams and Milton examine this act of performance art and find meaning in its methods to exact bounty from unsuspecting tourists and ordinary New Yorkers alike. Through their sophisticated exploration of the personal experiences and influences that create a successful hustler, they build a portrait of unusual emotional and psychological depth. Their work also offers a new take on structure and opportunity, showing how the city's unique urban and social architecture lends itself to the perfect con.Studies in transgression.CrimeNew York (State)New YorkCriminalsNew York (State)New YorkPoliceNew York (State)New YorkCrimeCriminalsPolice364.16/3097471ZH 9400rvkWilliams Terry M(Terry Moses),1948-1558897Milton Trevor1976-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797631903321The con men3823713UNINA