Download This PaperThe British Hitman: 1974–2013
16 Pages Posted: 6 Aug 2014
Date Written: September 2014
Abstract
This exploratory article presents a typology of British ‘hitmen’ as identified within newspaper reports about contract killing. Demographic and criminological data related to these hitmen and their victims are analysed and, on the basis of this analysis, a typology of British hitmen is developed. Our typology suggests that British hitmen are: ‘Novices’; ‘Dilettantes’; ‘Journeymen’; or ‘Masters’. It is hoped that this typology will be of use to law enforcement.
Keywords: hitman/hitmen, contract killing, Britain, typology
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MacIntyre, Donal and Wilson, David and Yardley, Elizabeth and Brolan, Liam, The British Hitman: 1974–2013 (September 2014). The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 53, Issue 4, pp. 325-340, 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2476663 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12063
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