Organized crime in Chicago :: beyond the Mafia /

Lombardo provides a comprehensive sociological explanation for the emergence and continuation of organized crime in Chicago. Tracing the roots of political corruption that afforded protection to gambling, prostitution, and other vice activity in Chicago, he challenges the dominant belief that organi...

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1. Verfasser: Lombardo, Robert M.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2013.
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Zusammenfassung:Lombardo provides a comprehensive sociological explanation for the emergence and continuation of organized crime in Chicago. Tracing the roots of political corruption that afforded protection to gambling, prostitution, and other vice activity in Chicago, he challenges the dominant belief that organized crime in America descends directly from the Sicilian Mafia.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 257 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0252094484
9780252094484
1283901706
9781283901703

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