THEFT OF THE NATION; The Structure and Operations of Organized Crime in America

Cressey, Donald R.

Verlag: Harper & Row, 1969

Beschreibung

THEFT OF THE NATION; The Structure and Operations of Organized Crime in America by Donald R.Cressey, 1ST EDITION. hardcover in dustjacket. Published by Harper & Row, 1969. Organized crime in America today is not the tough hoodlums familiar to moviegoers and TV watchers. It is more sophisticated, with many college graduates, gifted with organizational genius, all belonging to twenty-four tightly knit "families," who have corrupted legitimate business and infiltrated some of the highest levels of local, state, and federal government. Their power reaches into Congress, into the executive and judicial branches, police agencies, and labor unions, and into such business enterprises as real estate, retail stores, restaurants, hotels, linen-supply houses, and garbage-collection routes. How does organized crime operate? How dangerous is it? What are the implications for American society? How may we cope with it? In answering these questions, Cressey asserts that because organized crime provides illicit goods and services demanded by legitimate society, it has become part of legitimate society. This fascinating account reveals the the growth of specialization, "big-business practices " (pooling of capital and reinvestment of profits; fringe benefits like bail money), and government practices (negotiated settlements and peace treaties, defined territories, fair-trade agreements). For too long we have, as a society, concerned ourselves only with superficial questions about organized crime. Theft of the Nation focuses on to a more profound and searching level. "very good condition,clean and tight".

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers M&S15-B/C-49

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: THEFT OF THE NATION; The Structure and Operations of Organized Crime in America
• Verlag: Harper & Row
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1969
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition.
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good
• Gewicht: 1,8 Pfund
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • US History
  • crime