Organized Crime

Name: Organized Crime
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ISBN: 9780132457774

ISBN-10: 0132457776

ISBN-13: 9780132457774

Edition: 5th 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Michael D. Lyman, Gary W. Potter

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For introductory courses in organized crime.This introductory text gives students a clear understanding of organized crime from social, political and economic perspectives: what it is, how it has evolved, where it stands, where it is headed, and how societies can respond to it. The authors dispel long-standing myths surrounding organized crime, and consider the phenomenon in all its forms. This logically-organized, highly-readable book promotes learning with extensive pedagogical features, including chapter objectives, critical thinking projects, summaries, key terms, discussion points, and suggested readings. This edition's extensive new coverage includes updated discussions of drug…

Book details

List price: $149.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 8/10/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English



Preface



Understanding Organized Crime



Theories of Organized Criminal Behavior



The Evolution of Organized Crime: Urban Beginnings and Major Participants



The Evolution of Organized Crime: Southern Beginnings and Major Participants



The Businesses of Organized Crime



The Illicit Drug Trade



Domestic Organized Crime Groups



A Comparative Perspective



Terrorism as Organized Crime



Organized Crime's Political and Corporate Alliances



Controlling Organized Crime



Selected Provisions from the 2001 USA Patriot Act



Chronology of White Supremacist Domestic Terrorist Incidents in the 1980s


References


Index