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Beyond the Mafia
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Beyond the Mafia
Organized Crime in the Americas

272 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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In contrast to typical studies of organized crime families, Beyond the Mafia presents a comparative perspective of `non-traditional' organized crime in the United States. The book begins with a discussion of the definition, study and control of organized crime and continues with five sections that present illuminating coverage of organized crime.
 
PART ONE: ILLICIT ENTERPRISE
 
Discussion
Corporate Crime

 
Marshall B Clinard
The Rape of the Third World
 
Discussion
Moonshiners

 
Wilbur R Miller
The Political Economy of Mountain Dew
 
PART TWO: ETHNICITY AND TRADITION
 
Discussion
Chinese Gangs

 
Ko-Lin Chin
Gang Characteristics
 
Discussion
The Yakuza

 
David E Kaplan and Alec Dubro
North America
Foothold on the Mainland

 
 
PART THREE: VIOLENCE
 
Discussion
The Medell[gr]in Cartel

 
Mar[gr]ia Jimena Duzàn
La Comuna Nororiental
 
Discussion
The Vice Lords

 
Alex Kotlowitz
Excerpt from There Are No Children Here
 
PART FOUR: OPPORTUNITY
 
Discussion
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

 
Daniel R Wolf
Women and the Outlaws
 
Discussion
The Russian Organizatsiya

 
William Kleinknecht
The Organizatsiya
 
PART FIVE: CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY
 
Discussion
Chicano Prison Gangs

 
R Theodore Davidson
Baby Mafia or Family
 
Discussion
Pirates

 
Frank Browning and John Gerassi
Pirates and Profiteers
 
Epilogue
Beyond the Mafia

 

Susan G. Mahan

Sue Mahan is an Associate Professor in the Criminal Justice Program at the University of Central Florida - Daytona Beach Campus. She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Missouri – Columbia and was awarded a Kellogg Fellowship in International Development and a Fulbright Distinguished Lectureship to Peru. She is the author of several other books including: Unfit Mothers; Women, Crime and Criminal Justice (with Ralph Weisheit); Crack, Cocaine, Crime and Women; and Beyond the Mafia, as well as journal articles and book chapters about crime and justice. She is working on a book about restorative justice in Colombia, SA based... More About Author

Katherine O'Neil