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Double Crossed: The Failure of Organized Crime Control
Michael Woodiwiss
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Description for Double Crossed: The Failure of Organized Crime Control
Paperback. Reveals how governments and the wider establishment copy the practices of organised crime groups in order to control them. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
In the United States, the popular symbols of organised crime are still Depression-era figures such as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and Meyer Lansky - thought to be heads of giant, hierarchically organised mafias. In Double Crossed, Michael Woodiwiss challenges perpetuated myths to reveal a more disturbing reality of organised crime - one in which government officials and the wider establishment are deeply complicit.
Delving into attempts to implement policies to control organised crime in the US, Italy and the UK, Woodiwiss reveals little-known manifestations of organised crime among the political and corporate establishment. A follow up to ... Read more
In the United States, the popular symbols of organised crime are still Depression-era figures such as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and Meyer Lansky - thought to be heads of giant, hierarchically organised mafias. In Double Crossed, Michael Woodiwiss challenges perpetuated myths to reveal a more disturbing reality of organised crime - one in which government officials and the wider establishment are deeply complicit.
Delving into attempts to implement policies to control organised crime in the US, Italy and the UK, Woodiwiss reveals little-known manifestations of organised crime among the political and corporate establishment. A follow up to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745332017
SKU
V9780745332017
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Ref
99-35
About Michael Woodiwiss
Michael Woodiwiss is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of the West of England. He has written extensively on organised, corporate, and state crime. His books include Double Crossed (Pluto, 2017), Organized Crime and American Power (University of Toronto Press, 2001) and Gangster Capitalism (Constable, 2005).
Reviews for Double Crossed: The Failure of Organized Crime Control
'Mike Woodiwiss has dedicated his career to unpacking the often toxic packaging surrounding the concept of organized crime. In Double Crossed, he focusses on the myths of organized crime, its social, economic and legal constructions and, most importantly, the architects and beneficiaries of this myth making'
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