Beyond the Mafia: Organized Crime in the Americas / Edition 1

by Sue Mahan, Katherine O'Neil

Overview

In contrast to typical studies of organized crime families, Beyond the Mafia presents a comparative perspective of ‘non-traditional' organized crime in the United States. The book begins with a discussion of the definition, study and control of organized crime and continues with five sections that present illuminating coverage of organized crime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761913597
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/10/1998
Series:	Interpersonal Violence: The Practice
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Sue Mahan is an Associate Professor in the Criminal Justice Program at the University of Central Florida - Daytona Beach Campus. She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Missouri – Columbia and was awarded a Kellogg Fellowship in International Development and a Fulbright Distinguished Lectureship to Peru. She is the author of several other books including: Unfit Mothers; Women, Crime and Criminal Justice (with Ralph Weisheit); Crack, Cocaine, Crime and Women; and Beyond the Mafia, as well as journal articles and book chapters about crime and justice. She is working on a book about restorative justice in Colombia, SA based on observations and interviews.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: ILLICIT ENTERPRISE
Discussion
Corporate Crime
The Rape of the Third World - Marshall B Clinard
Discussion
Moonshiners
The Political Economy of Mountain Dew - Wilbur R Miller
PART TWO: ETHNICITY AND TRADITION
Discussion
Chinese Gangs
Gang Characteristics - Ko-Lin Chin
Discussion
The Yakuza
North America - David E Kaplan and Alec Dubro
Foothold on the Mainland
PART THREE: VIOLENCE
Discussion
The Medell[gr]in Cartel
La Comuna Nororiental - Mar[gr]ia Jimena Duzàn
Discussion
The Vice Lords
Excerpt from There Are No Children Here - Alex Kotlowitz
PART FOUR: OPPORTUNITY
Discussion
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
Women and the Outlaws - Daniel R Wolf
Discussion
The Russian Organizatsiya
The Organizatsiya - William Kleinknecht
PART FIVE: CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY
Discussion
Chicano Prison Gangs
Baby Mafia or Family - R Theodore Davidson
Discussion
Pirates
Pirates and Profiteers - Frank Browning and John Gerassi
Epilogue
Beyond the Mafia

Editorial Reviews

Bravely moving beyond the traditional scope of organized crime in large North American cities, the editors and 12 contributors provide a comparative perspective on the less well-known non-Mafia organized crime activities in Latin America and Canada. From moonshiners and outlaw motorcycle gangs to the Conservative Vice Lords and Medall<'i>n drug lords, readings contributing to an explanatory paradigm are covered under: illicit enterprise (paralleling legitimate enterprise), ethnicity and tradition, violence, opportunity, and criminal justice policy. An informative introduction precedes each section. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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