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Author McCarthy, D. M. P. (Dennis Michael Patrick), 1944-

Title An economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach / Dennis M.P. McCarthy.

Publication Info. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 323 pages).
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Routledge studies in crime and economics
Routledge studies in crime and economics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The ABCs of a comparative economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach -- Europe -- Italian mafias -- Russian mafias -- Vignette : Albanian mafia -- North America -- US mafia -- Mexican drug cartels -- Vignette : organized crime in Canada -- Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Basin -- Colombian drug cartels -- Gangs of the Caribbean -- Vignette : organized crime in Cuba -- Africsoa -- Resource wars -- Somali piracy -- Vignette : international trugs, trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism in North and West Africa -- Asia and Western Pacific -- Triads -- Yakuza -- Vignette : international drugs trafficking, organized scrime, and terrorism in Afghanistan.
Summary Written in non-specialist language, An Economic History of Organized Crime provides an original overview of a crucial problem of our times: the growing scourge of global organized crime. This book can be read with profit by the general public, but it also has value for academic specialists and professionals in law enforcement.
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Subject Organized crime -- History.
Organized crime.
History.
Mafia -- History.
Mafia.
Transnational crime -- History.
Transnational crime.
Crime -- Economic aspects.
Crime -- Economic aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: McCarthy, Dennis M.P., 1944- Economic history of organized crime. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011 9780415487962 (DLC) 2010050461 (OCoLC)651915007
ISBN 9780203814253 (electronic book)
0203814258 (electronic book)
1283435047
9781283435048
9786613435040
661343504X
9781136705816
1136705813
9780415487962 (alkaline paper)
041548796X (alkaline paper)
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