ORGANIZED CRIME IN AMERICA - A BOOK OF READINGS

• NCJ Number: 1880
• Author(s): G TAYLOR
• Date Published: 1962
• Length: 432 pages
• Sale Source: University of Michigan Press
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTION OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME CULTURE IN AMERICA IS STUDIED FROM THE EARLY PART OF THE CENTURY THROUGH RECENT TIMES.

Abstract

READINGS COVER THE FOLLOWING SOCIOLOGICAL TOPICS - THE EXTENT OF THE UNDERWORLD ORGANIZATION, UNDERWORLD STRUCTURE, UNDERWORLD FORERUNNERS, EVOLUTION OF THE SYNDICATE, I.E., ITALIAN, IRISH, JEWISH, PUERTO RICAN ROLES AND RACKETS, UNDERWORLD WARS OVER DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND POWER, THE MAFIA WORLD, AND THE JUVENILE SUBCULTURES WHICH LEAD TO GANGS AND CRIME IN THE UNDERWORLD.