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Organized crime / Howard Abadinsky.

By: Boston, Massachusetts, USA : Cengage Learning, ©2017Edition: Eleventh editionDescription: xiii, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text.
ISBN:
  • 9781305633711 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 364.106/Ab14
Other classification:
  • CAS
Contents:
Introduction to organized crime -- Explanations for organized crime -- United States -- Italy and Albania -- Colombia and Mexico -- Russia and the former Soviet Union -- Asia -- Africa -- Outlaw motorcycle clubs -- Organized crime "Goods and Services" -- Organized crime and drug trafficking -- Organized crime in labor, business, and money laundering -- Organized crime statutes -- Investigating and prosecuting organized crime.
Summary: Abadinsky provides a detailed analysis of the origins, history, theoretical explanations and structure of organized crime, including drug trafficking, gambling and loan sharking.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to organized crime -- Explanations for organized crime -- United States -- Italy and Albania -- Colombia and Mexico -- Russia and the former Soviet Union -- Asia -- Africa -- Outlaw motorcycle clubs -- Organized crime "Goods and Services" -- Organized crime and drug trafficking -- Organized crime in labor, business, and money laundering -- Organized crime statutes -- Investigating and prosecuting organized crime.

Abadinsky provides a detailed analysis of the origins, history, theoretical explanations and structure of organized crime, including drug trafficking, gambling and loan sharking.

In English.

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