
Organized Crime
A Worldwide Perspective
Pearson (Publisher)
Published on 12. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-13-171094-8 (ISBN)
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Organized Crime: An International Approach provides a unique perspective that addresses a wide range of domestic, international, traditional and non-traditional criminal syndicates. While incorporating traditional definitions and criminological theories of organized crime, this book goes one step further to address the changing face of organized crime today. Structured by group, the author examines each syndicate historically, territorially, economically, and politically-providing a systematic presentation and balanced treatment of organized crime in a global society. Using this contemporary and comprehensive approach, readers learn to compare each group's rules, regulations, hierarchy, ideological makeup and criminal enterprises and understand how legislators and law enforcement can respond with their own initiatives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 234 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
717 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-171094-8 (9780131710948)
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Content
I DEFINING CRIMINAL GANGS AND ORGANIZED CRIME
a. Criminal Gangs
b. Organized Crime
II THEORIES OF CRIMINAL SUBCULTURES AND ORGANIZED CRIME
a. Introduction
b. Psychological Explanations
i. Anti-Social Personalities
ii. Dependent Personalities
c. Sociological Explanations
i. Learning Theories
1. Sutherland's Theory of Differential Association
2. Subculture Theory
ii. Social Disorganization Theory
iii. Social Process Theories
1. Conflict Theory
2. Social Control Theory
3. Social Psychology & Symbolic Interactionism
III ITALIAN ORGANIZED CRIME
a. Homeland Foundations and the American Mafia
i. The Camorra
ii. The Sicilian Mafia
b. Membership Requirements
c. Organizational Structure
i. The Commission
ii. Boss
iii. Underboss
iv. Consigliere
v. Caporegime
d. Rules and Regulations
e. A Brief History of the United States
i. The Black Hand
ii. Chicago, Capone, and Prohibition
iii. Unione Siciliana and the Castellammerese War
iv. Five Families from New York
1. Luciano/Genovese
2. Mangano/Gambino
3. Lucchese
4. Profaci/Colombo
5. Bonanno
f. Criminal Activities
i. Bootlegging
ii. Racketeering
iii. Prostitution and Pornography
iv. Italian Lottery
v. Fraud
vi. Securities Fraud and Stock Manipulation
vii. Narcotics
g. Criminal Prosecution & Government Efforts
i. The Kefauver Committee
ii. The Apalachian Incident
iii. McClellan Committee
iv. Electronic Surveillance
v. The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
vi. RICO Statute
vii. The Organized Crime Control Act of 1970
h. Conclusions
IV OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANGS
a. History
b. The Big Four
c. The Hells Angels and Sonny Barger
d. Colors, Tattoos, and Membership Rituals
e. Organizational Structure
f. Rules and Regulations
g. Women and the Outlaw Subculture
h. Criminal Activities
i. Drugs
ii. Prostitution and Protections
iii. Other Criminal Activities
i. Gang Wars
j. Canada
k. Australia
l. Law Enforcement
i. Counterintelligence
ii. Defense Funds and Bailbondsmen
iii. Law Enforcement Successes
m. Conclusions
V SUPREMACISTS
a. Introduction
b. Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam
c. The Current State of the Nation of Islam
d. Black Panthers
e. Black Guerilla Family and Black Prison Gangs
f. Similarities among Black Supremacist Gangs
g. White Power
h. KKK
i. History of the Ku Klux Klan
ii. The Reconstruction Klan
iii. The Klan Resurfaces
iv. Today's Klan
i. WAR - White Aryan Resistance
j. Skinheads
k. Aryan Nations
l. Neo-Nazis: Germany's Legacy
m. The Order
n. Christian Identity
o. Similarities and Differences Among Groups
p. Commonalities between Supremacist Gangs and Traditional Organized Crime
q. Distinguishing between Supremacist Groups and Street Gangs
r. Conclusions
VI STREET GANGS
a. History
b. Viewing Street Gangs - The Past 40 Years
c. Gang Identification
i. Writing
ii. Graffiti
iii. Clothing
iv. Colors
v. Symbols
vi. Rituals
vii. Hand Signs
viii. Tattoos
ix. Definitions
d. Organization/Structure of a Gang
e. Street Gangs
i. Mara Saldatrucha/M.S. 13
ii. Bloods
iii. Crips
1. The Bloods, Crips, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls
a. Tupac Shakur
i. Commentary on the Shakur Murder
b. Biggie Smalls
i. Commentary on the Smalls Murder
iv. The Almighty Latin Kings
1. Council Committee Structure
2. Supreme Chapter Structure
3. Regional Chapter Structure
v. The Neta Association
VII JAMAICAN & NIGERIANS
a. Jamaican Organized Crime
i. Drug Trafficking
ii. Firearms Trafficking
iii. Economic Crimes
1. Money laundering
iv. Other Criminal Activities
1. Immigration Fraud
v. Legitimate Businesses
vi. Activities outside of the United States
1. Europe
2. Canada
b. Nigerian Organized Crime
i. Historical Overview
ii. Organizational Structure
iii. Involvement in Fraudulent Activity
1. Early Nigerian scams
a. Welfare fraud
b. Student loans
c. Insurance fraud
d. Bank fraud
e. Credit Card Fraud
2. Recent Nigerian Scams
3. Drug Trafficking
4. Money Laundering
VII CHINESE GROUPS
a. Chinese Groups
i. Historically
ii. Hong Kong Connection
iii. Triads in Taiwan
iv. Tongs
v. Chinese Street Gangs
1. West Coast Gangs
2. East Coast Gangs
a. The Gangs
i. Flying Dragons
ii. The Ghost Shadows
iii. Tong On Boys
iv. Fuk Ching
v. The Green Dragons
vi. Born to Kill
vii. White Tigers
viii. Gum Sing
vi. Extortion
vii. Alien smuggling
viii. Home Invasion Robberies
ix. Business robbery invasions
x. Credit Card Fraud
xi. Commodity Scam
xii. Prostitution
xiii. Narcotics
xiv. Money Laundering
IX JAPANESE, VIETNAMESE & KOREAN GANGS
a. Introduction
b. Japanese Organized Crime
i. The Gangs
1. Yamaguchi-Gumi
2. Sumiyoshi-Kai
3. Inagawa-Kai
4. Toa Yuai Jigyo Kumiai (TYJK)
ii. Criminal Activities
1. Money Laundering
2. Sokaiya (Corporate Extortion)
3. Investments
4. Narcotics
5. Other Crimes
c. Vietnamese Organized Crime Groups
i. The Gangs
ii. Criminal Activities
1. Home invasion robbery
2. Computer Chip Theft
3. Extortion
4. Prostitution
5. Gambling
6. Drug Trafficking
7. Auto Theft
d. Korean Organized Crime
i. Historically
ii. Political Gangs
iii. Street Gangs
iv. Gangs on the run
v. New Gangs
vi. Contemporary Gang Activity
vii. Activities outside of Korea
viii. Korean Power and Other New York Street Gangs
ix. California Korean Street Gangs
x. The Criminal Activities of Korean Gangs
X HISPANIC GANGS
a. Cuban Organized Crime
i. Cuban Communist Mafia
b. Colombian Criminal Organizations
i. Medellin Cartels
ii. Cali Cartels
iii. Other Colombian Cartels
c. Dominican Organized Crime
i. Historically
ii. Drug Activities
iii. Money Laundering
iv. Other Criminal Activities
1. Robbery
2. Extortion
3. Homicide
4. Auto Theft
v. Activities Outside of the New York State Area
d. Mexican Organized Crime
i. Law Enforcement
ii. Discipline
iii. Mexican Street Gangs Compared to Other Street Gangs
iv. Mexican Drug Cartels
XI RUSSIAN AND ISRAELI GANGS
a. Introduction
b. Early Activities of ROC Groups
c. Organized Crime and Communism
d. Russian Gangs Since Glasnost
e. The Effect of Organized Crime on Crime Rates
f. Doloprud ny
g. Lyubertsy
h. Solntsevo
i. Ingushy
j. Chechen
k. Russian Organized Crime Groups in the US
l. Russian Organized Crime and Drugs
m. The Israeli Connection
n. Israeli Gangs and Drug Trafficking
o. Other Scams
p. Israeli Gangs and Money Laundering
q. Russian-Israeli Relationship
XII OTHER WORLDWIDE ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS
a. Introduction
b. Third World Groups
i. Palestinian
ii. Turkish
iii. Lebanese
iv. Iraqi
v. United Arab Emirates
vi. Iranians
vii. Pakistani
viii. Indian
ix. Burmese
c. Easter European Groups
i. Albanian
ii. Polish
iii. Gypsy
iv. Bulgaria
v. Czech Republic
XIII TERRORISM
a. Introduction
b. Organized Crime and Terrorism
i. Organized Crime Groups Participation
a. Criminal Gangs
b. Organized Crime
II THEORIES OF CRIMINAL SUBCULTURES AND ORGANIZED CRIME
a. Introduction
b. Psychological Explanations
i. Anti-Social Personalities
ii. Dependent Personalities
c. Sociological Explanations
i. Learning Theories
1. Sutherland's Theory of Differential Association
2. Subculture Theory
ii. Social Disorganization Theory
iii. Social Process Theories
1. Conflict Theory
2. Social Control Theory
3. Social Psychology & Symbolic Interactionism
III ITALIAN ORGANIZED CRIME
a. Homeland Foundations and the American Mafia
i. The Camorra
ii. The Sicilian Mafia
b. Membership Requirements
c. Organizational Structure
i. The Commission
ii. Boss
iii. Underboss
iv. Consigliere
v. Caporegime
d. Rules and Regulations
e. A Brief History of the United States
i. The Black Hand
ii. Chicago, Capone, and Prohibition
iii. Unione Siciliana and the Castellammerese War
iv. Five Families from New York
1. Luciano/Genovese
2. Mangano/Gambino
3. Lucchese
4. Profaci/Colombo
5. Bonanno
f. Criminal Activities
i. Bootlegging
ii. Racketeering
iii. Prostitution and Pornography
iv. Italian Lottery
v. Fraud
vi. Securities Fraud and Stock Manipulation
vii. Narcotics
g. Criminal Prosecution & Government Efforts
i. The Kefauver Committee
ii. The Apalachian Incident
iii. McClellan Committee
iv. Electronic Surveillance
v. The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
vi. RICO Statute
vii. The Organized Crime Control Act of 1970
h. Conclusions
IV OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANGS
a. History
b. The Big Four
c. The Hells Angels and Sonny Barger
d. Colors, Tattoos, and Membership Rituals
e. Organizational Structure
f. Rules and Regulations
g. Women and the Outlaw Subculture
h. Criminal Activities
i. Drugs
ii. Prostitution and Protections
iii. Other Criminal Activities
i. Gang Wars
j. Canada
k. Australia
l. Law Enforcement
i. Counterintelligence
ii. Defense Funds and Bailbondsmen
iii. Law Enforcement Successes
m. Conclusions
V SUPREMACISTS
a. Introduction
b. Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam
c. The Current State of the Nation of Islam
d. Black Panthers
e. Black Guerilla Family and Black Prison Gangs
f. Similarities among Black Supremacist Gangs
g. White Power
h. KKK
i. History of the Ku Klux Klan
ii. The Reconstruction Klan
iii. The Klan Resurfaces
iv. Today's Klan
i. WAR - White Aryan Resistance
j. Skinheads
k. Aryan Nations
l. Neo-Nazis: Germany's Legacy
m. The Order
n. Christian Identity
o. Similarities and Differences Among Groups
p. Commonalities between Supremacist Gangs and Traditional Organized Crime
q. Distinguishing between Supremacist Groups and Street Gangs
r. Conclusions
VI STREET GANGS
a. History
b. Viewing Street Gangs - The Past 40 Years
c. Gang Identification
i. Writing
ii. Graffiti
iii. Clothing
iv. Colors
v. Symbols
vi. Rituals
vii. Hand Signs
viii. Tattoos
ix. Definitions
d. Organization/Structure of a Gang
e. Street Gangs
i. Mara Saldatrucha/M.S. 13
ii. Bloods
iii. Crips
1. The Bloods, Crips, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls
a. Tupac Shakur
i. Commentary on the Shakur Murder
b. Biggie Smalls
i. Commentary on the Smalls Murder
iv. The Almighty Latin Kings
1. Council Committee Structure
2. Supreme Chapter Structure
3. Regional Chapter Structure
v. The Neta Association
VII JAMAICAN & NIGERIANS
a. Jamaican Organized Crime
i. Drug Trafficking
ii. Firearms Trafficking
iii. Economic Crimes
1. Money laundering
iv. Other Criminal Activities
1. Immigration Fraud
v. Legitimate Businesses
vi. Activities outside of the United States
1. Europe
2. Canada
b. Nigerian Organized Crime
i. Historical Overview
ii. Organizational Structure
iii. Involvement in Fraudulent Activity
1. Early Nigerian scams
a. Welfare fraud
b. Student loans
c. Insurance fraud
d. Bank fraud
e. Credit Card Fraud
2. Recent Nigerian Scams
3. Drug Trafficking
4. Money Laundering
VII CHINESE GROUPS
a. Chinese Groups
i. Historically
ii. Hong Kong Connection
iii. Triads in Taiwan
iv. Tongs
v. Chinese Street Gangs
1. West Coast Gangs
2. East Coast Gangs
a. The Gangs
i. Flying Dragons
ii. The Ghost Shadows
iii. Tong On Boys
iv. Fuk Ching
v. The Green Dragons
vi. Born to Kill
vii. White Tigers
viii. Gum Sing
vi. Extortion
vii. Alien smuggling
viii. Home Invasion Robberies
ix. Business robbery invasions
x. Credit Card Fraud
xi. Commodity Scam
xii. Prostitution
xiii. Narcotics
xiv. Money Laundering
IX JAPANESE, VIETNAMESE & KOREAN GANGS
a. Introduction
b. Japanese Organized Crime
i. The Gangs
1. Yamaguchi-Gumi
2. Sumiyoshi-Kai
3. Inagawa-Kai
4. Toa Yuai Jigyo Kumiai (TYJK)
ii. Criminal Activities
1. Money Laundering
2. Sokaiya (Corporate Extortion)
3. Investments
4. Narcotics
5. Other Crimes
c. Vietnamese Organized Crime Groups
i. The Gangs
ii. Criminal Activities
1. Home invasion robbery
2. Computer Chip Theft
3. Extortion
4. Prostitution
5. Gambling
6. Drug Trafficking
7. Auto Theft
d. Korean Organized Crime
i. Historically
ii. Political Gangs
iii. Street Gangs
iv. Gangs on the run
v. New Gangs
vi. Contemporary Gang Activity
vii. Activities outside of Korea
viii. Korean Power and Other New York Street Gangs
ix. California Korean Street Gangs
x. The Criminal Activities of Korean Gangs
X HISPANIC GANGS
a. Cuban Organized Crime
i. Cuban Communist Mafia
b. Colombian Criminal Organizations
i. Medellin Cartels
ii. Cali Cartels
iii. Other Colombian Cartels
c. Dominican Organized Crime
i. Historically
ii. Drug Activities
iii. Money Laundering
iv. Other Criminal Activities
1. Robbery
2. Extortion
3. Homicide
4. Auto Theft
v. Activities Outside of the New York State Area
d. Mexican Organized Crime
i. Law Enforcement
ii. Discipline
iii. Mexican Street Gangs Compared to Other Street Gangs
iv. Mexican Drug Cartels
XI RUSSIAN AND ISRAELI GANGS
a. Introduction
b. Early Activities of ROC Groups
c. Organized Crime and Communism
d. Russian Gangs Since Glasnost
e. The Effect of Organized Crime on Crime Rates
f. Doloprud ny
g. Lyubertsy
h. Solntsevo
i. Ingushy
j. Chechen
k. Russian Organized Crime Groups in the US
l. Russian Organized Crime and Drugs
m. The Israeli Connection
n. Israeli Gangs and Drug Trafficking
o. Other Scams
p. Israeli Gangs and Money Laundering
q. Russian-Israeli Relationship
XII OTHER WORLDWIDE ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS
a. Introduction
b. Third World Groups
i. Palestinian
ii. Turkish
iii. Lebanese
iv. Iraqi
v. United Arab Emirates
vi. Iranians
vii. Pakistani
viii. Indian
ix. Burmese
c. Easter European Groups
i. Albanian
ii. Polish
iii. Gypsy
iv. Bulgaria
v. Czech Republic
XIII TERRORISM
a. Introduction
b. Organized Crime and Terrorism
i. Organized Crime Groups Participation