| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in organized crime ; 6 |
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Studies of organized crime ; 6.
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| Contents |
Front Matter; The Origins of IRAN-CONTRA: Lessons from the Durrani Affair; California Dreams and Gangster Schemes: The Standley Commission, the Guarantee Finance Company, and the Social System of Organized Crime in post-World War II Southern California; New Times, New Crimes: "Blocking" Financial Identity Fraud; The United Nations Oil-for-Food Program: Corruption, Bribery and International Relations in the Serious Crime Community; Bystander Memories Explored: Dutch Gentile Eyewitness Narratives on the Deportation of the Jews; Mid East Meets Mid West? Theopolitics, Crime and Terror in the U.S |
| Summary |
Presents the concept of organized crime, the social history of crime groups in the United States, corruption in the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program in Iraq, the struggle against identity fraud, the world of drugs and the adverse consequences of criminalization, the money-laundering control movement, and more |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Organized crime.
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Organized crime -- United States.
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Crime -- Sociological aspects.
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TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime.
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Organized crime -- United States.
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Crime -- Sociological aspects.
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Organized crime.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Crime -- Sociological aspects
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Organized crime
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Georganiseerde misdaad.
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Sociologische aspecten.
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United States
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Feestbundels (vorm)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Block, Alan A.
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Bovenkerk, Frank.
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Levi, Michael.
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| ISBN |
9780387390208 |
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0387390200 |
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9780387390192 |
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0387390197 |
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