Diego Gambetta is a sociologist. He works on criminal communication, that is, on how criminals communicate or fail to communicate with each other. The topic includes Identifying, Acting Tough, Hostage Giving, Conspicuous Consumption, Self Injury, Imitation, Nicknames, and Gossip. He applies to this context of communication the Signalling Theory which outlines the conditions in which signals can be rationally believed and how much deception is likely to occur. He is interested in mimickry and deception strategies. He is the editor of the very influential anthology Trust, Basil Blackwell, 1988, now available in an on line edition free of charge.
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