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John Gotti's downfall is one of the five major criminal and civil cases cited in Busting the Mob which illustrate the grand strategy devised by the Federal Government to cripple, if not destroy, America's entrenched Mafia groups... Jacobs believes it is premature to prepare an obituary for America's Mob families. - Times Literary Supplement In Busting the Mob, Jacobs proves that sound historical and analytical criminology are not incompatible with entertaining - often gripping - narrative. - Freda Adler,Rutgers University,Former President, American Society of Criminology Busting the Mob by Jim Jacobs is both enlightening and entertaining. It is immensely refreshing that at long last scholarship, as distinct from sensationalism, comes to the analysis of Organized Crime - and scholarship with a sprightly style. - Norval Morris,Professor of Law and Criminology, University of Chicago Busting the Mob is a must read on organized crime for academics, prosecutors, and concerned citizens, in particular because it includes the text of primary material: indictments, trial testimony, etc. - G. Robert Blakey,Professor, Notre Dame Law School, author of Rico, the federal anti-racketeering statue Jacobs quotes ... verbatim trial testimony and bugged conversations... [T]renchant materials for budding prosecutors and investigators. - Times Literary Supplement Essential and readable. - Choice For those non-believers who refuse to acknowledge the chicanery engaged in by the mob, Busting the Mob makes a compelling case... The most definitive analysis of the government's war against the mob. A superb piece of research. - Frederick T. Martens,Executive Director, Pennsylvania Crime Commission

John Gotti's downfall is one of the five major criminal and civil cases cited in Busting the Mob which illustrate the grand strategy devised by the Federal Government to cripple, if not destroy, America's entrenched Mafia groups... Jacobs believes it is premature to prepare an obituary for America's Mob families. --Times Literary Supplement In Busting the Mob, Jacobs proves that sound historical and analytical criminology are not incompatible with entertaining--often gripping--narrative. --Freda Adler,Rutgers University,Former President, American Society of Criminology Busting the Mob by Jim Jacobs is both enlightening and entertaining. It is immensely refreshing that at long last scholarship, as distinct from sensationalism, comes to the analysis of Organized Crime--and scholarship with a sprightly style. --Norval Morris,Professor of Law and Criminology, University of Chicago Busting the Mob is a must read on organized crime for academics, prosecutors, and concerned citizens, in particular because it includes the text of primary material: indictments, trial testimony, etc. --G. Robert Blakey,Professor, Notre Dame Law School, author of Rico, the federal anti-racketeering statue Jacobs quotes ... verbatim trial testimony and bugged conversations... [T]renchant materials for budding prosecutors and investigators. --Times Literary Supplement Essential and readable. --Choice For those non-believers who refuse to acknowledge the chicanery engaged in by the mob, Busting the Mob makes a compelling case... The most definitive analysis of the government's war against the mob. A superb piece of research. --Frederick T. Martens,Executive Director, Pennsylvania Crime Commission

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James B. Jacobs, legal scholar and sociologist, was Warren E. Burger Professor of Law and Director, Center for Research in Crime and Justice, NYU School of Law. Among his books are Mobsters, Unions & Fed: The Mafia and the American Labor Movement, Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime, Busting the Mob: United States v. Cosa Nostra, and Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry, all published by NYU Press. Chris Panarella is a Fellows at Center for Research in Crime and Justice at New York University. Jay Worthington is aFellows at Center for Research in Crime and Justice at New York University. Jay Worthington is aFellows at Center for Research in Crime and Justice at New York University.

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