The rise and fall of organized crime in the United States

The Italian American Cosa Nostra crime families are the longest-lived and most successful organized crime organizations in US history, achieving their pinnacle of power in the 1970s and 1980s. The families seized opportunities during the early twentieth-century labor wars and under national alcohol...

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Main Author: Jacobs, James B. 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Crime and justice
Year: 2020, Volume: 49, Pages: 17-67
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Organisiertes Verbrechen
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