Capital Crimes / Edition 1

by George Winslow

Overview

Crime tops the headlines, leads the evening news, and is a focus of every election. But what causes crime? Is there a more rational way to address it than by law-and-order crusades?
In this fact-filled, sweeping treatment, George Winslow takes on every aspect of the topic, from the streets to the suites. Unlike conventional accounts, Capital Crimes places the issue in the context of a larger political economy. From the Burmese heroin trade to homicide, from the capital flight that has generated crime in inner cities to corporate money-laundering schemes, Capital Crimes shows how economic forces and elite interests have shaped both the world of crime and society's response to it.
Based upon extensive research and interviews, Capital Crimes presents a comprehensive alternative to a "lock 'em up" approach that has produced a gargantuan prison-industrial complex without coming to terms with the root of crime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781583670019
Publisher:	Monthly Review Press
Publication date:	05/01/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

George Winslow, a journalist living in New York City, is the editor of World Screen News, TV Europe, and TV Latina. He has written for publications ranging from The New York Times Book Review to The Columbia Encyclopedia.

Table of Contents

	Introduction: Crime Pays	1
Part I	The Rise and Fall of the King of Heroin
	Supply and Demand	18
	The Global Drug Market	33
	The Narco-Dictators	45
	Corporate Connections	62
Part II	The American Way of Crime
	The Road to Violence	82
	Policing America	112
	The Short Arm of the Law	129
	The Politics of Retribution	140
	Addicted to Crime	162
	The Prison-Industrial Complex	183
Part III	The Trillion Dollar Gang: Corporate Crime in America
	Clearcut Crimes	198
	White-Collar Muggers	235
	Regulating for Profits	250
	Financial Fraud	269
	Conclusion: Ending the Violence	297
	Acknowledgments and Sources	309
	Notes	311
	Index	341