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Philadelphia's Black Mafia
Sean Patrick Griffin
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Description for Philadelphia's Black Mafia
Paperback. Provides a sociological analysis of Philadelphia's infamous "Black Mafia", which has organized crime in predominantly African-American sections of the city dating back to the late 1960's. This book is useful for those in the fields of criminology, sociology, history, political science and African-American Studies. Series: Studies of Organized Crime. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 720.
Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia' could be used as primary reading in deviance and organized crime courses. Academicians in the fields of criminology, sociology, history, political science and African-American Studies will find the book compelling and important. This book provides the first sociological analysis to date of Philadelphia's infamous "Black Mafia" which has organized crime (with varying degrees of success) in predominantly African-American sections of the city dating back to the late 1960's.
Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia':
Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia' could be used as primary reading in deviance and organized crime courses. Academicians in the fields of criminology, sociology, history, political science and African-American Studies will find the book compelling and important. This book provides the first sociological analysis to date of Philadelphia's infamous "Black Mafia" which has organized crime (with varying degrees of success) in predominantly African-American sections of the city dating back to the late 1960's.
Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia':
-is a first step in developing both data and sophisticated theoretical propositions germane to the ongoing study of organized crime;
-uses primary source ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Series
Studies of Organized Crime
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402014215
SKU
V9781402014215
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Reviews for Philadelphia's Black Mafia
"Griffin's research is mind-boggling, in the best sense. He has rendered Philadelphia and the United States a valuable historical document." (James Nicholson, former investigative reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer) "...an important contribution to the study of organized crime for two reasons. It removes a white spot on the map with respect to African-American organized crime, and at the ... Read more