Organized Crime (Nelson-Hall Series in Justice Administration)

This analysis of organized crime provides a theoretical basis for understanding how criminal organizations are structured and how they function, and presents a history of organized crime with detailed coverage of the period from the late nineteenth century to the present. It reviews the history and culture of Southern Italy in order to engender a fuller understanding of the Mafia and it examines the robber barons of America's past. Also discussed are the factors influencing the growth of organized crime during Prohibition.