Capital Crimes

by Winslow, George

• ISBN13: 9781583670026
• ISBN10: 1583670025
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press

Summary

Crime tops the headlines, leads the evening news, and is a focus of every election. But what causes crime? Is there a more rational way to address it than by law-and-order crusades?In this fact-filled, sweeping treatment, George Winslow takes on every aspect of the topic, from the streets to the suites. Unlike conventional accounts,Capital Crimesplaces the issue in the context of a larger political economy. From the Burmese heroin trade to homicide, from the capital flight that has generated crime in inner cities to corporate money-laundering schemes,Capital Crimesshows how economic forces and elite interests have shaped both the world of crime and society's response to it.Based upon extensive research and interviews,Capital Crimespresents a comprehensive alternative to a "lock 'em up" approach that has produced a gargantuan prison-industrial complex without coming to terms with the root of crime.

Author Biography

George Winslow is a journalist living in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Crime Pays	1	(18)
Part I: The Rise and Fall of the King of Heroin
Supply and Demand	18	(15)
The Global Drug Market	33	(12)
The Narco-Dictators	45	(17)
Corporate Connections	62	(20)
Part II: The American Way of Crime
The Road to Violence	82	(30)
Policing America	112	(17)
The Short Arm of the Law	129	(11)
The Politics of Retribution	140	(22)
Addicted to Crime	162	(21)
The Prison-Industrial Complex	183	(15)
Part III: The Trillion Dollar Gang: Corporate Crime in America
Clearcut Crimes	198	(37)
White-Collar Muggers	235	(15)
Regulating for Profits	250	(19)
Financial Fraud	269	(28)
Conclusion: Ending the Violence	297	(12)
Acknowledgments and Sources	309	(2)
Notes	311	(30)
Index	341