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Author Lombardo, Robert M.

Title Organized crime in Chicago : beyond the Mafia / Robert M. Lombardo.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
©2013
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1559481~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  364.1060977 LOM    AVAILABLE
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Description xv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-245) and index.
Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Explaining organized crime -- The gem of the prairie -- The black Mafia -- The syndicate -- The Forty-two Gang -- The outfit -- The outfit as a complex organization -- Street crew neighborhoods -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
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.
Subject Organized crime -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Criminals -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago.
ISBN 9780252037306 (cloth)
0252037308 (cloth)
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