Organized crime a reference handbook
Title:
Organized crime a reference handbook
Author:
Ryan, Patrick J., 1941-
ISBN:
9780585025513
9781280711329
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Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1995.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 297 p.) : ill.
Series:
Contemporary world issues
Contemporary world issues.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Organized Crime Groups -- 3. Controlling Organized Crime -- 4. Chronology -- 5. Biographical Sketches -- 6. Facts and Data, Quotations, and Documents -- 7. Directory of Organizations, Libraries, and State Agencies -- 8. Selected Print Resources -- 9. Selected Nonprint Resources.
Abstract:
The phrase "organized crime" calls to mind images from The Godfather, yet organized crime today takes on far more varied forms and guises. This volume explores the pervasiveness of organized crime, examines its history and chronology from La Cosa Nostra to Colombian drug cartels and Jamaican posses, and covers nontraditional organizations such as the Hell's Angels and the Pagans.
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Electronic Access:
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