Organized Crime

From the Publisher

"Professor Patrick Ryan's book is a winner! Organized Crime is a key reference text. Useful to researchers and students."

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CJ International

"Recommended for all academic, college, and special libraries supporting criminal justice programs."

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American Reference Books Annual

School Library Journal

Gr 10 Up-This volume begins with a broad-brush history of organized crime on an international basis. Completely eschewing sensational stories, Ryan objectively defines and describes various criminal organizations. He supports his narrative with an extensive chronology covering the 1850s to the present, a classified set of biographical sketches of members, "interdictors" (law enforcement personnel), and a large number of (mostly academic) researchers. Other chapters present facts and data, including extracts of relevant laws; a bibliographic essay on books, government documents, and journals; and nonprint resources. He also includes an extensive glossary and index, but no illustrations. This resource will be useful to advanced students of American history and social problems, but will not attract general readers.-Jonathan Betz-Zall, Sno-Isle Regional Library System, Edmonds, WA

Booknews

The latest in ABC-CLIO's series of background information for discussions or writing about contemporary issues. Ryan (criminal justice, Long Island U.) examines the Mafia and other organized crime groups, and efforts to control it. Included are a chronology from 1850 to 1995, biographical sketches of cops and robbers, documents and quotations from a wide variety of sources, a directory of resource institutions, and lists of selected print and non-print resources, and a glossary without pronunciation. The treatment is structured around ethnic minorities. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)