Unorganized crime
Subtitle: New Orleans in the 1920s
By: by Louis Vyhnanek.
Publisher: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lafayette, La
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Crime -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century.; Criminals -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century.; Organized crime -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century.; New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government.; New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-278) and index.
Based on the authors Ph. D. dissertation, LSU, 1979.
Table of contents: title: The city that care forget; title: New Orleans crime: the politicians and the press; title: New Orleans crime: the police; title: The wettest dry city in America; title: The free state of New Orleans: gambling in the crescent city; title: Photo essay; title: Mayors and state political figures; title: Newspaper figures; title: Police chiefs and detectives; title: Crime and criminals; title: Soiled doves: the role of the prostitute in New Orleans; title: "Muggles," "Inchy," and "Mud": illegal drugs in New Orleans; title: The myth of the mafia: organized crime in New Orleans; title: New Orleans crime during the 1920s: an evaluation.