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OverviewIn Syndicate Women, sociologist Chris M. Smith uncovers a unique historical puzzle: women composed a substantial part of Chicago organized crime in the early 1900s, but during Prohibition (1920–1933), when criminal opportunities increased and crime was most profitable, women were largely excluded. During the Prohibition era, the markets for organized crime became less territorial and less specialized, and criminal organizations were restructured to require relationships with crime bosses. These processes began with, and reproduced, gender inequality. The book places organized crime within a gender–based theoretical framework while assessing patterns of relationships that have implications for non–criminal and more general societal issues around gender. As a work of criminology that draws on both historical methods and contemporary social network analysis, Syndicate Women centers the women who have been erased from analyses of gender and crime and breathes new life into our understanding of the gender gap. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Chris M. SmithPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780520300750ISBN 10: 0520300750 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 02 July 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Gender and organized crime. 2. Mapping Chicago’s organized crime and illicit economies. 3. Chicago, crime, and the progressive era. 4. Syndicate women, 1900–1919. 5. Chicago, crime, and prohibition. 6. Syndicate women, 1920–1933. 7. The case for syndicate women. Notes References IndexReviewsWith extensive archival analysis, attention to details and richness of data, the book provides a picturesque, entertaining yet rigorous picture of the unique illicit society of underground Chicago in the first 30 years of the 20th Century. . . . I highly recommend this book, which opens many historical, sociological, criminological, and organisational questions on gender inequalities and their structural contexts. * Global Crime * Author InformationChris M. Smith is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |