Organized Crime in America - Tapa blanda

1. The Problems of Definition: What is Organized Crime? 2. The Theories of Organized Crime: Explaining the Past, Present, and Future . 3. In the Beginning: Blackbeard and the Others. 4. Organized Crime as an Evolving Enterprise: Crime in New York. 5. Organized Crime as an Evolving Enterprise: Crime in Chicago. 6. The Role of Prohibition. 7. Prohibition Today: Narcotics, Control, and Organized Crime. 8. Gambling, Loans, and the Other Businesses of Organized Crime. 9. Myths and Organized Crime: Is There a "Mafia" and Does it Really Matter? 10. Ethnic and International Organized Crime. 11. Urban Gangs, Motorcycle Gangs, and Hate Groups: Other Forms of Domestic Organized Crime? 12. Methods of Combating Organized Crime. 13. Policy Issues in Dealing with Organized Crime. References. Index.

This text includes complete discussion of theories of organized crime, major forms of organized crime, and deterrence. It goes beyond other texts in providing a thorough discussion of the history of organized crime as well as emerging new crime organizations.