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Author:   Sue Mahan ,  Katherine O′Neil
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9780761913597

ISBN 10:   0761913599
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   17 July 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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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

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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.

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