Armed Robbers

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)

• Part One: Encounters1: Introduction2: The Edge of Reason: Affective Transgression3: Prison ResearchPart Two: Identity and Performance4: The Lucky Country: National Mythscapes and the Australian Dream5: Becoming an Armed Robber: Performativity and Affect6: Doing Rob (and Getting Away with It): Planning and ProcessPart Three: Rewards7: The Usual Suspects: Cash and Drugs8: The Magic Carpet Ride: Flow, Affect, and AutomaticityPart Four: Such is Life9: Getting Caught and Doing Time10: Conclusion: Such Is Life: Affect, Fatalism, and Crime

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.