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Handbook of organized crime in the United States
Title:
Handbook of organized crime in the United States
Author:
Kelly, Robert J.
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.
Physical Description:
xiv, 542 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Defining organized crime / Michael D. Maltz -- Organized crime : history and historiography / Alan A. Block -- Models of organized crime / Jay S. Albanese -- Research on American organized crime / Peter Reuter -- Illicit enterprise : an organized crime paradigm for the nineties / Dwight C. Smith, Jr. -- The Bruno family of Philadelphia : organized crime as a regulatory agency / Mark H. Haller -- The organized crime neighborhoods of Chicago / Robert M. Lombardo -- African American organized crime / Rufus Schatzberg -- Chinese organized crime in America / Ko-lin Chin, Robert J. Kelly, and Jeffrey Fagan -- Russian organized crime in America / James O. Finckenauer -- Corruption and racketeering in the New York City school boards / William J. Cook, Jr. -- Organized crime and commercial sex / Charles Winick -- Turning black money into green : money laundering / Robert J. Kelly, Rufus Schatzberg, and Ko-lin Chin -- A history of organized crime control : federal strike forces / Patrick J. Ryan -- Intelligence and analysis within the organized crime function / Marilyn B. Peterson -- The role of crime commissions in organized crime control / Charles H. Rogovin and Frederick T. Martens -- Organized crime and drug abuse control / Mark A.R. Kleiman -- Policing emerging organized crime groups / John Dombrink and John Huey-Long Song -- The prosecutor as problem solver / Ronald Goldstock -- RICO : the federal experience (criminal and civil) and an analysis of attacks against the statute / G. Robert Blakey -- Without fear of retribution : the witness security program / Robert J. Kelly, Rufus Schatzberg, and Ko-lin Chin -- Epilogue / Joseph L. Albini.
Reading Level:
1540 Lexile.
ISBN:
9780313283666
Format :
Book