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Assorted References
- activity during U.S. Prohibition
- gangsters
- In gangster
- human trafficking
- law enforcement and civil forfeiture
- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
- racketeering
- robber barons as antecedents
- In robber baron
- role of tongs
- In tong war
- transnational threats
history of
- boxing
- conspiracy theories on assassination of John F. Kennedy
- Guatemala
- Las Vegas
- police brutality in the United States
- Prohibition
- Russia
- Teamsters Union
- witness protection program
Additional Reading
A general overview of the characteristics of organized crime and its history is the subject of Paul Lunde, Organized Crime: An Inside Guide to the World’s Most Successful Industry (2004). A global perspective on organized crime is provided in Emilio C. Viano (ed.), Global Organized Crime and International Security (1999). A lively analysis of the interaction between gangsters, businesspeople, politicians, and labour racketeers is William J. Chambliss, On the Take: From Petty Crooks to Presidents (1978). A study of the criminal organization and techniques of bankruptcy fraud and of the impact of control measures upon them is Michael Levi, The Phantom Capitalists: The Organisation and Control of Long-Firm Fraud (1981). Mary McIntosh, The Organisation of Crime (1975), provides a comparative and historical analysis of the way in which criminal organizations adapt to changes in law enforcement and the economy. Works focusing on the United States include Peter Reuter, Disorganized Crime: The Economics of the Visible Hand (1983), an examination of the structure and profitability of crime in the United States; James B. Jacobs, Christopher Panarella, and Jay Worthington, Busting the Mob: United States v. Cosa Nostra (1994), an account of law-enforcement efforts against organized crime in the United States; Robert J. Kelly, Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States: From Capone’s Chicago to the New Urban Underworld (2000), a general reference; and Michael Woodiwiss, Organized Crime and American Power: A History (2001), an examination of the history of organized crime in the United States. A racy account of the London underworld is Laurie Taylor, In the Underworld (1984).
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Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Organized Crime and Preventive Justice. | Nov 21, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: Academia - Organised crime, occupations and opportunity. | Sep 20, 2024 | ||
Media added. | Apr 16, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Organized Crime in Canada. | Mar 04, 2024 | ||
Links added. | Oct 06, 2023 | ||
Added link to the Sicilian Mafia. | Jan 18, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Organized Crime. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
Media added. | Nov 19, 2019 | ||
Article revised and updated. | Nov 19, 2019 | ||
Corrected display issue. | Aug 15, 2019 | ||
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Organized Crime. | Oct 20, 2011 | ||
Added new Web site: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Organized Crime. | Jan 25, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Organized Crime in Canada. | Jan 25, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: United States History - Organized Crime. | Jan 25, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: Federation of American Scientists - La Cosa Nostra. | Jul 23, 2007 | ||
Added new Web site: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Transnational Organized Crime. | Jul 16, 2007 | ||
New bibliography added. | May 22, 2007 | ||
Article revised and updated. | May 22, 2007 | ||
Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |