Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States

Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States

ISBN-10:
0313283664
ISBN-13:
9780313283666
Pub. Date:
12/08/1994
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10:
0313283664
ISBN-13:
9780313283666
Pub. Date:
12/08/1994
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States

Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States

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Overview

Internationally known authorities in criminal justice provide one of the most comprehensive and detailed surveys today of the diverse ethnic and racial groups in the criminal underworld and their grave threats to the very fabric of American society. This coherent overview describes Mafia, Chinese, African American, Russian, and other criminal activities in different cities currently with historical background, showing the pernicious effects that their illicit operations have had on the economic, social, political, and moral life of the nation. This one-volume reference also assesses law enforcement and crime control programs during the 20th century, defines key problems, analyzes recent trends, and reviews the basic research about organized crime through the years. Lengthy bibliographical data and a full index further enrich this landmark study. This sobering overview should be required reading for specialist and general audiences alike and for broad library use given the serious threat of organized crime to all Americans in the 1990s.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313283666
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 12/08/1994
Pages: 560
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.19(d)
Lexile: 1540L (what's this?)

About the Author

ROBERT J. KELLY is Broeklundian Professor of Social Science at Brooklyn College and Professor of Criminal Justice at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. He has served as a consultant to federal, state, and municipal agencies. His previous works include Hate Crimes: American Law Enforcement and Legal Responses (1991), Organized Crime: A Global Perspective (1986), and numerous articles on organized crime, as well as research on Asian alien smuggling in Chinese communities.

KO-LIN CHIN, Professor at Rutgers University at Newark, New Jersey, was formerly with the New York City Criminal Justice Agency and is well known for his knowledge about Chinese organized crime./e He is the author of Chinese Subculture and Criminality: Non-Traditional Crime Groups in America (Greenwood Press, 1990).

RUFUS SCHATZBERG, a retired police officer, is an authority on African-American crime in New York City particularly. He is the author of Black Organized Crime in Harlem: 1920-1930 (1993). Mr. Schatzberg is past Vice-President of The International Association for the Study of Organized Crime.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Francis A.J. Ianni
Preface
Introduction
Background Issues
Defining Organized Crime by Michael D. Maltz
Organized Crime: History and Historiography by Alan A. Block
Perspectives on Organized Crime: Theory and Research
Models of Organized Crime by Jay S. Albanese
Research on American Organized Crime by Peter Reuter
Illicit Enterprise: An Organized Crime Paradigm for the Nineties by Dwight C. Smith, Jr.
Organized Crime Groups and Operations
The Bruno Family of Philadelphia: Organized Crime as a Regulatory Agency by Mark H. Haller
The Organized Crime Neighborhoods of Chicago by Robert M. Lombardo
African American Organized Crime by Rufus Schatzberg
Chinese Organized Crime in America by Ko-lin Chin, Robert J. Kelly, and Jeffrey Fagan
Russian Organized Crime in America by James O. Finckenauer
Racketeering in the New York City District School Boards by William J. Cook, Jr.
Organized Crime and Commercial Sex by Charles Winick
Turbaning Black Money into Green: Money Laundering by Robert J. Kelly, Rufus Schatzberg, and Ko-lin Chin
Control and Containment: Law Enforcement Strategies
A History of Organized Crime Control: Federal Strike Forces by Patrick J. Ryan
Intelligence and Analysis within the Organized Crime Function by Marilyn B. Peterson
The Role of Crime Commissions in Organized Crime Control by Charles H. Rogovin and Frederick T. Martens
Organized Crime and Drug Abuse Control by Mark A.R. Kleiman
Policing Emerging Organized Crime Groups by John Dombrink and John Huey-Long Song
The Prosecutor as Problem Solver by Ronald Goldstock
RICO: The Federal Experience (Criminal and Civil) and an Analysis of Attacks Against the Statute by G. Robert Blakey
Without Fear of Retribution: The Witness Security Program by Robert J. Kelly, Rufus Schatzberg, and Ko-lin Chin
Epilogue by Joseph L. Albini
Bibliographical Essay
Index

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