Anthony Ellis is a Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at the University of Salford, Manchester, UK.

1.Let's Get Ready to Rumble 2. Theorising Masculinities and Violence: A Review 3. Top Lad: A Violent Biography 4. Born to Fight 5. Handy Lads 6. It's 'not me'...it's 'them': Violent Reflections 7. Shadow World 8. Rolling with the Punches.

This book provides an ethnographic account of the lives of men involved in violent crime in de-industrialised communities in Northern England, exploring how these men came to value violence and why it is that they are willing to use it.