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9780813524450

African-American Organized Crime

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813524450

  • ISBN10:

    0813524458

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-05-01
  • Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

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Summary

While stories of organized crime most often dwell on groups like the Mafia and Chinese Triad or Tongs, African Americans also have a long history of organized crime. Schatzberg and Kelly trace nearly a century of African American organized crime, from numbers gambling in New York City in the 1920's to criminal groups in the ghettoes from the 1940's to the 1970's to gang activities of the present day. The authors also challenge existing stereotypes of African Americans and demonstrate the importance of studying any criminal activity within its historical and social context.

Table of Contents

LIST OF TABLES
xi(2)
LIST OF FIGURES
xiii(2)
PREFACE xv(4)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
CHAPTER
1. INTRODUCTION
3(12)
URBAN DECAY, JOB LOSS, AND CRIME
5(3)
THE DEMISE OF LA COSA NOSTRA
8(7)
2. ORGANIZED CRIME IN AMERICA
15(32)
DEFINING ORGANIZED CRIME
15(2)
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE AMERICAN MAFIA
17(5)
PROHIBITION AND BUCCANEER CAPITALISM
22(3)
THE PASSIONS FOR POWER: OVERLORDS AND WARLORDS IN THE URBAN CRIME SCENE
25(5)
THE CASTELLAMMARESE WAR: BIRTH OF LA COSA NOSTRA
30(4)
THE POSTWAR PERIOD
34(4)
THE NEW "MAFIAS": GLOBAL AND LOCAL
38(9)
3. THE SECOND DIASPORA: AFRICAN-AMERICAN MIGRATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
47(14)
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN EARLY NEW YORK
48(1)
THE PECULIAR INSTITUTION AND ITS HAUNTING AFTERMATH
49(2)
THE INTERNAL CROSSINGS
51(3)
THE URBAN CRUCIBLE
54(7)
4. THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY: INFORMAL INFRASTRUCTURES
61(22)
LOTTERIES
62(4)
THE ORIGINS OF CLEARING HOUSE BANK TOTALS NUMBERS
66(5)
THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF POLICY
71(1)
POLICY RACKETS AS CRIMINAL FIRMS
72(1)
THE COMMUNITY AND POLICY
73(3)
CRIMINOGENIC ASSETS IN THE GHETTO
76(1)
CALCULATING RISKS AND OPERATING STRATEGIES
76(7)
5. BETWEEN THE WARS, 1920-1940
83(18)
HOLSTEIN'S CAREER
88(12)
THE STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF HARLEM
90(4)
THE POLITICS OF POLICY
94(2)
SYNDICATES, VICE, AND POLITICS
96(5)
6. RACIAL SERVITUDE AND MUTINY IN THE UNDERWORLD, 1940-1970
101(44)
COURTIER POLITICS IN THE GHETTO
103(4)
POLITICS AND ORGANIZED CRIME
107(3)
THE VIETNAM ERA
110(1)
AN INNER-CITY COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZED CRIME: SYMBIOSIS
111(7)
COCAINE AND HEROIN AS CURRENCY
118(1)
JAMAICAN POSSES
119(2)
UNEASY PARTNERSHIPS: JAMAICAN POSSES AND AFRICAN AMERICANS
121(1)
DRUG ORGANIZATIONS IN NEW YORK
122(10)
BLOOD TIES, FAMILY, AND CRIMINAL BONDING: ETHNIC SUCCESSION REDUX
132(8)
CONCLUSION
140(5)
7. THE TRAGIC CRESCENDO OF DRUGS
145(34)
THE DRUG TRAFFICKING INDUSTRY: STRUCTURE, CONDUCT, AND PERFORMANCE
146(2)
COMPETITION AND RIVALRY IN THE STREET TRADE
148(5)
THE GRUESOME LOGIC OF CRACK: DESPERATION IN THE INNER CITY
153(13)
LAW ENFORCEMENT DILEMMAS: SOME CASE STUDIES
166(3)
CHANGING CONCEPTIONS AND IMAGES OF ORGANIZED CRIME
169(2)
THE CONUNDRUMS OF DRUG LEGALIZATION
171(8)
8. URBICIDE: A TALE OF THREE CITIES
179(42)
THE URBAN POLICE
181(1)
GANG TYPOLOGIES
182(2)
STREET GANGS AND ORGANIZED CRIME
184(6)
THE STREET GANG AS A CHRYSALIS
190(17)
THE CONTINUUM OF ORGANIZED CRIME: ILLICIT ENTERPRISE
207(3)
COALESCENCE AND SOCIAL BANDITRY
210(1)
IN THE OUTER METROPOLIS: GANG SUPPRESSION STRATEGIES
211(10)
9. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
221(16)
A THEORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME
227(10)
EPILOGUE 237(22)
AN EXCURSUS ON THE CRIMINAL TOPOGRAPHY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOCIAL EXPERIENCE 237(6)
CHALLENGING THEORETICAL ORTHODOXY AND AUTHORITY 243(16)
INDEX 259

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