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Inhumanely cruel and irresistibly cool, the Mafia has always captured the darker side of the imagination. But just what is the Mafia, how does it operate, and what can be done to combat it? In this dramatic and informative audiobook, James Finckenauer rejects the Mafia mystique and explores the sinister reality lurking beneath the romanticised surface. Demonstrating that the Mafia is a multi-faceted and complex phenomenon, he argues that it destabilises society on a global scale through its control of criminal markets, violence and corruption. Mafia and Organised Crime is indispensable for anyone intrigued by, or concerned about, this widely misunderstood phenomenon.

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Outstanding. The most lucid, up to date and complete summary of the current state of knowledge about organised crime available. -- William J. Chambliss - Professor of Sociology, George Washington University, and author of Power, Politics, and Crime Succeeds as a first rate introduction to several issues dealing with the Mafia and organised crime, but those who are well acquainted with these issues will also benefit significantly from Finckenauer's analysis and observations. -- Journal of Trends

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James Finckenauer has written extensively on organised crime. He is a Distinguished Professor at the School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, and former Director of the National Institute of Justice, Washington DC. Dave Courvoisier, an Emmy-award-winning TV news journalist, has been on the air for 20 years in Las Vegas, where he currently anchors the three main nightly newscasts at the CBS affiliate KLAS-TV. He has narrated several audiobooks, including Border Ambush by Melody Groves and Peter Tonkin's The Coffin Ship and The Fire Ship. You may also hear his friendly voice in some prominent airports.

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