230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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When Edwin Sutherland introduced the concept of white-collar crime, he referred to the respectable businessmen of his day who had, in the course of their occupations, violated the law whenever it was advantageous to do so. Yet since the founding of the American Republic, numerous otherwise respectable individuals had been involved in white-collar criminality. Using organized smuggling as an... Read more
Introduction 1. The New World. 2. The Embargo of 1807–1809 and the War of 1812. 3. The Civil War. 4. Filibustering and Revolutionaries. 5. The Mexican Revolution, 1910–1920. 6. Prohibition – Part 1. 7. Prohibition – Part 2. 8. The Drug Trade. Conclusion.
Biography
Lawrence Karson is currently an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Houston-Downtown. He retired from the United States Customs Service, where he served in the investigation division managing a fleet of aircraft and vessels used to pursue and apprehend drug traffickers smuggling contraband into the U.S. by air or sea.
