Organised crime books

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Tracing the history of the Sicilian mafia to its 19th-century roots, this text examines its late-20th-century involvement...  Read More >>

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A main aim of this book is to marry what we know of laundering channels and methods with existing legal regimes....  Read More >>

Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating...  Read More >>

Known for their striking full-body tattoos, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong -...  Read More >>

The true story of the DeCavalcantes, the most powerful Mob family in New Jersey is told. Once dismissed by New York...  Read More >>

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In the post-Cold war period new security threats have arisen in Western Europe. Amongst these, organized crime and...  Read More >>

The titles in this series covers every aspect of crime and punishment. Crime, the detection of criminals, and the...  Read More >>

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Alexander Korchak compares the organizational and functional structure of four types of totalistic organizations...  Read More >>

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From the all-too-real Naked City photography of the legendary Weegee to the brilliant depictions of Francis Ford...  Read More >>

The international trade in fossils is a multimillion dollar industry around the world - once the science came first,...  Read More >>

"""Fagin's Children"" looks at child crime in 19th-century England and the reaction of the authorities to it. It...  Read More >>

"Jacobs offers the story of FBI undercover agent Edgar Robb and his 20 years of experience as a member of the Mafia....  Read More >>

This work is a detailed and anecdotal report of life and politics in Chicago's old 32nd Ward. It details Rostenkowski's...  Read More >>

Revealing an underground fight scene rarely glimpsed by those on the outside, Tarmac Warrior traces Billy's career...  Read More >>

This is the true and gripping story of one of the first and one of the best undercover agents to work against the...  Read More >>

Drawing on a broad range of evidence, from government records to films, television shows and pulp novels, this book...  Read More >>

As he battles terminal cancer in a federal prison in Illinois, John Gotti, still the acting head of the Gambino...  Read More >>