World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime
Author | : Jay Robert Nash |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : CRIME - Dictionaries |
ISBN | : 9780747206200 |
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Author | : Jay Robert Nash |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : CRIME - Dictionaries |
ISBN | : 9780747206200 |
Author | : Michael Newton |
Publisher | : Running Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-10-05 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 9781568583488 |
Black Hand, Tammany Hall, political scandals, mafias, cartels, and opium gangs. The Encyclopedia of Gangsters provides an encompassing look at organized crime around the world. More than just the Sicilian Mafia, who are celebrated by pop culture and often depicted on the silver screen in films such as the Godfather trilogy and Scarface, the world of gangsters spans the globe and has deep roots. The Encyclopedia of Gangsters is arranged both chronologically and geographically, highlighting the legendary figures, the famous heists and busts, and the stranglehold these organizations still exert today. Infamous characters like Al Capone, Carlo Gambino, John Gotti, Arnold Rothstein, Isadore Blumenfeld, Wah Ching, Sergei Mikhailov, and Phoolan Devi are profiled in this colorful and comprehensive collection.
Author | : Robert J. Kelly |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000-04-30 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0313306532 |
Covers major underworld figures and key criminal events as well as the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra, African American organized crime, Chinese triads, the Colombian drug cartels, ecocrime, Russian organized crime, and Latin gangs.
Author | : Carlo DeVito |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 9780816048489 |
A comprehensive overview of organized crime from a global perspective features more than 450 entries that examine the world's most notorious crime syndicates, discussing the origins and history, practices, and role in the global underworld of such criminal organizations as the Yakuza, the Triads, the Jamaican Posse, the South American drug cartels, the Russian Mafia, and others. Simultaneous.
Author | : Carl Sifakis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 996 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Crime |
ISBN | : 9780816040407 |
Author | : Stephen Schneider |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 657 |
Release | : 2009-12-09 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 0470835001 |
"You're lucky he didn't have an ice pick in his hands. I know how this guy performs." -Mobster Paul Volpe speaking about a Buffalo-mafia enforcer named "Cicci" Canada is lauded the world over as a law abiding, peaceful country - a shining example to all nations. Such a view, also shared by most Canadians, is typically naïve and misinformed. Throughout its history, to present day and beyond, Canada has been and will continue to be home to criminals and crime organizations that are brilliant at finding ways to make money - a lot of money - illegally. Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada is a remarkable parallel history to the one generally accepted and taught in our schools. Organized crime has had a significant impact on the shaping of this country and the lives of its people. The most violent and thuggish - outlaw motorcycle gangs like Hells Angels - have been raised to mythic proportions. The families who owned distilleries during Prohibition, such as the Bronfmans, built vast fortunes that today are vested in corporate holdings. The mafia in Montreal created and controlled the largest heroin and cocaine smuggling empire in the world, feeding the insatiable appetite of our American neighbours. Today, gangs are laying waste the streets of Vancouver, and "BC bud" flows into the U.S. as the marijuana of choice. Organized crime is as old as this nation's founding, with pirates ravaging the east coast, even as hired guns by colonial governments. Since our nation's earliest times, government and crime groups have found that collusion can have its mutual benefits. Comprehensive, informative and entertaining - as you will discover in the remarkable period pieces devised by the author and the illustrations commissioned specially for this book - Iced is a romp across the nation and across the centuries. In these pages you will meet crime groups that are at once sordid and inept, yet resourceful entrepreneurs and self-proclaimed champions of the underdog, who operate in full sight of their communities and the law. This is the definitive book on organized crime in Canada, and a unique contribution to our understanding of Canadian history.
Author | : Michael Newton |
Publisher | : Anova Books |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2007-09-10 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781843404026 |
The world of gangsters is big business and stretches way beyond the Sicilian Mafia who have been most often depicted on the silver screen in films such as the 'Godfather' trilogy and 'Scarface'. The book is arranged in chapters geographically showing the history of organized crime in different territories around the world, the legendary figures, the famous heists and busts and the power these organizations still exert today. As many of the crime syndicates are interlinked in their day-to-day dealings, or have origins in other organizations, the book is fully cross-referenced to help the reader. Chapters include The Sicilian Mafia and its development in coast-to-coast America under the guidance of the likes of Al Capone and ‘Bugsy’ Siegel; the gangsters of Marseilles and Paris; the Russian and other Eastern Bloc Mafia; the Triads of Asia; The Jamaican Yardies; the African/American crimelords that control the poorer areas of Los Angeles and New York; and the legendary London gangsters, typified by the Kray twins’ stranglehold on London during the 1960s.
Author | : Margaret E. Beare |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 545 |
Release | : 2012-04-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1412990777 |
Accessible and jargon-free and available in both print and electronic formats, the one-volume Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice contains a range of up-to-date entries that not only reflect transnational crime, but transnational justice.
Author | : Louis Kontos |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2007-11-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 031334891X |
In light of Los Angeles' gang state of emergency, ethnic and minority gangs are arguably more high profile now than at any other time in our history. News media typically focus on the crime and violence associated with gangs, but not much else. This encyclopedia seeks to illuminate the world of gangs, including gang formations, routine gang activities, aberrations and current developments. One hundred essay entries related to gangs in the United States and worldwide provide a diffuse overview of the gang phenomenon. Each entry defines and explains the term, provides an historical overview, and explains its significance today. As the following entries demonstrate, gangs are part of the fabric of American society. They are not only in our communities but also our schools and other social institutions. Understanding the world of gangs is therefore needed to understand American society. Entries include: Bikers, Bloods, Cholas, Crips, gang mythology, gang warfare, graffiti, Hell's Angels, Hong Kong Triads, Latin Kings, law enforcement, occultic gangs, mafia, media, prison gangs, rites, Skinheads, Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, tattoos, trafficking, Wanna-bes, West Side Story, Witness Protection programs, and youth gangs.
Author | : Jay Albanese |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2013-05-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1483325024 |
This unique text explores the expansive topic of transnational organized crime, incorporating expert perspectives found throughout the world’s six inhabited continents: North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Editors Jay S. Albanese and Philip L. Reichel gather the knowledge and expertise of numerous authors, researchers, and practitioners in this field who are either native to each world region, have extensively travelled and worked there, or are recognized scholars for those regions. Through this text, readers will begin to understand the geographic, cultural, and regional similarities and differences underying the common threat of transnational organized crime, as well as how to address the global expansion of organized crime today.