476 Pages
by
Routledge
476 Pages
by
Routledge
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Most research on organized crime reveals only a limited sense of its history. Our understanding suffers as a result. Space, Time, and Organized Crime shows how arguments about the sources, consequences, and extent of crime are distorted as a consequence of crude empiricism. Originally published in Europe in 1991 as Perspectives on Organizing Crime, this book is a timely blend of history,... Read more
Introduction Part I: The Historical Perspective 1 History and the Study of Organized Crime 2 Organized Crime: History and Historiography Part II: Narcotics Trafficking 3 Progressive-Era Cocaine Trade 4 European Drug Trafficking: Between the World Wars Part III: The State, Organized Crime, and Political Murder 5 Fascism and Organized Crime: The Assassination of Carlo Tresca 6 Violence and Clientelism: The Assassination of Jesus de Galindez Part IV: New Ventures 7 Organized Crime and Toxic Waste: An Overview 8 Contemporary Waste Issues 9 The Complex Interests of Attwoods pic: A Personal Encounter 10 Racketeering in Fuels: Tax Scamming By Organized Crime Part V: Dilemmas and Ambiguities in Crime Control11 Commentary on Operation Leprechaun: The Internal Revenue Service Under the Alexander Regime 12 Into the Abyss of Environmental Policy: The Battle over the World's Largest Commercial Hazardous Waste Incinerator Located in East Liverpool, Ohio .
Biography
Alan A. Block
