Organized crime
By: Howard Abadinsky
Edition: 9th ed.
Publisher: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Australia; United States
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9780495599661
Subjects: Organized crime; Organized crime investigation; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-450) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to organized crime; title: The definition and structure of organized crime; title: Explaining organized crime; title: Organized crime in the United States; title: Development of organized crime in the United States; title: Organized crime in New York; title: Organized crime in Chicago; title: International organized crime; title: Italian organized crime and the Albanian connection; title: Latin American organized crime; title: Black organized crime; title: Asian organized crime; title: Russian organized crime; title: International outlaw motorcycle clubs; title: Business of organized crime; title: Gambling, loansharking, theft, fencing, sex, and trafficking in persons and arms; title: The drug business; title: Labor, business, and money laundering; title: Fighting organized crime; title: Organized crime statutes and law enforcement