Foreword by Francis A.J. Ianni Preface Introduction Background Issues Defining Organized Crime by Michael D. Maltz Organized Crime: History and Historiography by Alan A. Block Perspectives on Organized Crime: Theory and Research Models of Organized Crime by Jay S. Albanese Research on American Organized Crime by Peter Reuter Illicit Enterprise: An Organized Crime Paradigm for the Nineties by Dwight C. Smith, Jr. Organized Crime Groups and Operations The Bruno Family of Philadelphia: Organized Crime as a Regulatory Agency by Mark H. Haller The Organized Crime Neighborhoods of Chicago by Robert M. Lombardo African American Organized Crime by Rufus Schatzberg Chinese Organized Crime in America by Ko-lin Chin, Robert J. Kelly, and Jeffrey Fagan Russian Organized Crime in America by James O. Finckenauer Racketeering in the New York City District School Boards by William J. Cook, Jr. Organized Crime and Commercial Sex by Charles Winick Turning Black Money into Green: Money Laundering by Robert J. Kelly, Rufus Schatzberg, and Ko-lin Chin Control and Containment: Law Enforcement Strategies A History of Organized Crime Control: Federal Strike Forces by Patrick J. Ryan Intelligence and Analysis within the Organized Crime Function by Marilyn B. Peterson The Role of Crime Commissions in Organized Crime Control by Charles H. Rogovin and Frederick T. Martens Organized Crime and Drug Abuse Control by Mark A.R. Kleiman Policing Emerging Organized Crime Groups by John Dombrink and John Huey-Long Song The Prosecutor as Problem Solver by Ronald Goldstock RICO: The Federal Experience (Criminal and Civil) and an Analysis of Attacks Against the Statute by G. Robert Blakey Without Fear of Retribution: The Witness Security Program by Robert J. Kelly, Rufus Schatzberg, and Ko-lin Chin Epilogue by Joseph L. Albini Bibliographical Essay Index
Authoritative survey of the diverse ethnic and racial groups in today's criminal underworld, assessment of law enforcement efforts, with sobering conclusions.
ROBERT J. KELLY is Broeklundian Professor of Social Science at Brooklyn College and Professor of Criminal Justice at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. He has served as a consultant to federal, state, and municipal agencies. His previous works include Hate Crimes: American Law Enforcement and Legal Responses (1991), Organized Crime: A Global Perspective (1986), and numerous articles on organized crime, as well as research on Asian alien smuggling in Chinese communities. KO-LIN CHIN, Professor at Rutgers University at Newark, New Jersey, was formerly with the New York City Criminal Justice Agency and is well known for his knowledge about Chinese organized crime./e He is the author of Chinese Subculture and Criminality: Non-Traditional Crime Groups in America (Greenwood Press, 1990). RUFUS SCHATZBERG, a retired police officer, is an authority on African-American crime in New York City particularly. He is the author of Black Organized Crime in Harlem: 1920-1930 (1993). Mr. Schatzberg is past Vice-President of The International Association for the Study of Organized Crime.
?This handbook discusses the definitions and historical background
of organized crime, theories and research, specific crime groups
and their operations, and law enforcement strategies to counter
organized crime. Both the excellent introduction and 21 chapters
provide background and analysis for each subject. Particularly
interesting are looks at crime among various U.S. ethnic groups
(Russian, African American, Italian, Chinese) and discussion of law
enforcement strategies. Included is an excellent bibliographical
essay on the literature of this topic. This work is distinguished
from the numerous other recent books on organized crime by its
reexamination of the issues and assumptions in research on this
topic and by the uniformly fine quality of all the pieces. While
primarily a book for students and scholars, it will be of interest
to the educated public as well.?-Library Journal
"This handbook discusses the definitions and historical background
of organized crime, theories and research, specific crime groups
and their operations, and law enforcement strategies to counter
organized crime. Both the excellent introduction and 21 chapters
provide background and analysis for each subject. Particularly
interesting are looks at crime among various U.S. ethnic groups
(Russian, African American, Italian, Chinese) and discussion of law
enforcement strategies. Included is an excellent bibliographical
essay on the literature of this topic. This work is distinguished
from the numerous other recent books on organized crime by its
reexamination of the issues and assumptions in research on this
topic and by the uniformly fine quality of all the pieces. While
primarily a book for students and scholars, it will be of interest
to the educated public as well."-Library Journal
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