Author: Donal MacIntyre, David Wilson, Elizabeth Yardley and Liam Brolan
Publication Date: 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.
Full Citation: MacIntyre, D, D Wilson, E Yardley, and L Brolan. ‘The British Hitman: 1974–2013’. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 53 (2014): 325–40. doi:10.1111/hojo.12063.