Organized Crime

He gazes at the bodies. Young men, probably in their early thirties. The wooden flooring around them has been stained dark red. He wonders what kin...

Detective Michael Palermo built his career on his unique ability to inhabit two worlds at once: the world of law enforcement and the underworld of ...

This fast-paced sequel to Smuggler's Blues is a harrowing and at times comical journey through the criminal justice system at the height of America...

Voted one of The Guardian's top 10 best crime books of all time and one of the best true crime books ever written according to StylistShirley Pitts...

Triangle of Death (1977) examines the growth of the international heroin trade, and its control by the Chinese secret societies known as Triads. It...

Unmasking old-time racism in southern IllinoisPulling off the Sheets tells the previously obscured history of the Second Ku Klux Klan which formed ...

The 1890s was the tail end of the Gilded Age that began with the coming of industrialization after the Civil War. It was not a “Golden Age,” it was...

A criminally good gangland thriller from bestselling author, Kerry KayaAnother brilliant story from Kerry Kaya, perfect for gangland fans everywher...

In 1971, Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs. Despite foreign policy efforts and attempts to combat supply lines, the United States has been for ...

On the day she was murdered, Myrtle Underwood Cook boasted to local authorities about new evidence of a major bootlegging ring operating out of the...

With a foreword by Diane Negra and Jorie Lagerway As television has finally started to create more leading roles for women, the female antiheroi...

The unbelievable true story of John Bishop, a former megachurch pastor who ended up running drugs for the Sinaloa Cartel.For thirty years, John Bis...

Year after year a woman sits in her bare living quarters with her bags packed. She is waiting for a phone call from her snakehead, or human smuggle...

Year after year a woman sits in her bare living quarters with her bags packed. She is waiting for a phone call from her snakehead, or human smuggle...

Graphic narratives of tragedies involving the journeys of irregular migrants trying to reach destinations in the global north are common in the med...

In China, the central government has the political will to control organized crime, which is seen as a national security threat. The crux of the pr...

In China, the central government has the political will to control organized crime, which is seen as a national security threat. The crux of the pr...

Published in 1999, this book focuses on organized crime as a worldwide phenomenon that has taken great advantage of enabling technology in banking,...

The Darke family and their associates are under attack. Ruby's burlesque club has been razed to the ground. Her son Kit's closest associate, Rob Hi...

Boys and young men have been previously overlooked in domestic violence and abuse policy and practice, particularly in the case of boys who are cri...

This illuminating study explores crimes against, and involving, wildlife and the resultant social harms. The authors go well beyond basic concepti...

Published in 1999, this book focuses on organized crime as a worldwide phenomenon that has taken great advantage of enabling technology in banking,...

This illuminating study explores crimes against, and involving, wildlife and the resultant social harms. The authors go well beyond basic concepti...

Criminal and terrorist organisations are increasingly turning to white collar crime such as fraud, e-crime, bribery, data and identity theft, in ad...

Citizen Wynn recounts the cautionary saga of uber-wealthy casino king Steve Wynn, who built a global gambling empire on fantasy, grift, and misogyn...

Long encouraged by the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime, the current research on this broad and intriguing topic is syste...

Long encouraged by the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime, the current research on this broad and intriguing topic is syste...

An anthology of writings in Italian which examine the origins, nature and culture of the Sicilian mafia. Separate chapters are devoted to the cultu...

Gangs and militias have been a persistent feature of social and political life in Indonesia. During the authoritarian New Order regime they constit...

Criminal and terrorist organisations are increasingly turning to white collar crime such as fraud, e-crime, bribery, data and identity theft, in ad...

The feeling of insecurity is a little known phenomenon that has been only partially explored by social sciences. However, it has a deep social, cul...

When criminal activity is as straightforward as a child’s game of cops and robbers, the role of the police is obvious, but today’s bad guys don’t a...

Organized crime in America today is not the tough hoodlums familiar to moviegoers and TV watchers. It is more sophisticated, with many college grad...