The Organized Crime Community Essays in Honor of Alan A. Block

In his social investigative writings on "the serious crime community" which describes the loose merger of corporate interests, organized crime and political crime, professor Alan A. Block of Penn State University has proven to be one of the most inspiring criminologists in the field. An in...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bovenkerk, Frank (Editor), Levi, Michael (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2007, 2007
Edition:1st ed. 2007
Series:Studies of Organized Crime
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Origins of IRAN-CONTRA: Lessons from the Durrani Affair
  • California Dreams and Gangster Schemes: The Standley Commission, the Guarantee Finance Company, and the Social System of Organized Crime in post-World War II Southern California
  • New Times, New Crimes: “Blocking” Financial Identity Fraud
  • The United Nations Oil-for-Food Program: Corruption, Bribery and International Relations in the Serious Crime Community
  • Bystander Memories Explored: Dutch Gentile Eyewitness Narratives on the Deportation of the Jews
  • Mid East Meets Mid West? Theopolitics, Crime and Terror in the U.S.
  • Assessing Organised Crime: The Sad State of an Impossible Art
  • The Rise of Two Drug Tigers: The Development of the Illegal Drugs Industry and Drug Policy Failure in Afghanistan and Colombia
  • Half-baked Legalization Won’t Work
  • Pecunia Non Olet? The Control of Money-laundering Revisited
  • Any Man’s Death.... Some Reflections on the Significance of International Criminal Justice
  • Vita