Organized crime in Chicago : beyond the Mafia /
Lombardo provides a comprehensive sociological explanation for the emergence and continuation of organized crime in Chicago. Tracing the roots of political corruption that afforded protection to gambling, prostitution, and other vice activity in Chicago, he challenges the dominant belief that organi...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
©2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | Lombardo provides a comprehensive sociological explanation for the emergence and continuation of organized crime in Chicago. Tracing the roots of political corruption that afforded protection to gambling, prostitution, and other vice activity in Chicago, he challenges the dominant belief that organized crime in America descends directly from the Sicilian Mafia. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0252094484 9780252094484 1283901706 9781283901703 |