- Birmingham Boys
The Birmingham Boys was a street gang prominent in London's underworld during the 1920s, rivaling Sicilian mafiosi
Darby Sabini for control of horse racing and other illegal gambling activities in southeastern England. They were also known for their largely homosexual member base. [ cite web |url=http://www.gangland.net/ukgangland.htm |title=UK Chaps |accessdate=2006-12-06 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2002 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Gangland.net |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] [ cite web |url=http://www.nickbarlay.com/journo1.html#az1 |title=The Times - London A-Z Series No.1 (A Sample....) "G for Gangland London" |accessdate=2006-12-06 |author=Barley, Nick |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2001 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=The Times |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] [ cite web |url=http://innovatecentre.co.uk/solon/journal/issue%201.1/ShoreCandMIssue1%20.doc |title=Undiscovered Country’: Towards A History Of The Criminal ‘Underworld’ |accessdate=2006-12-06 |author=Shore, Heather |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2001 |month= |format=.doc |work= |publisher=School of Cultural Studies: Leeds Metropolitan University |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]Further reading
*Steve Chibnall, Steve. "Brighton Rock". London: I.B. Tauris, 2005. ISBN 1-85043-400-X
*Donaldson, William. "Brewer's Rogues, Villains, and Eccentrics: An A-Z of Roguish Britons Through the Ages". London: Orion Books Ltd., 2004. ISBN 0-7538-1791-8
*Huggins, Mike. "Horseracing and the British, 1919-39". Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-7190-6529-1
*Moonman, Eric. "The Violent Society". London: Frank Cass & Co., 1987. ISBN 0-7146-3309-7
*Wright, Alan. "Organised Crime". Portland: Willan Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-84392-140-5References
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