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100 1  Abadinsky, Howard, |d1941- 
245 10 Organized crime /|cHoward Abadinsky. 
250    10th ed 
260    Belmont, Calif. : |bWadsworth/Cengage Learning, |c2013 
300    xviii, 478 pages : |bill., map, portraits, charts ; |c24 
       cm. 
500    Previously published: 2010. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-462) and 
       indexes. 
505  0 Introduction to organized crime -- Development of 
       organized crime in the United States -- The American mafia
       -- Explaining organized crime in -- Italian organized 
       crime and the Albanian connection -- Latin American 
       organized crime -- Black organized crime -- Asian 
       organized crime -- Russian organized crime -- Outlaw 
       motorcycle clubs -- "Goods and Services" : gambling, 
       loansharking, theft, fencing, sex, trafficking in persons,
       arms, and counterfeit products -- Organized crime and drug
       trafficking -- Organized crime in labor, business, and 
       money laundering -- Organized crime : statutes -- 
       Organized crime : law enforcement. 
520    Ever dynamic, organized crime continues to change. Efforts
       to combat one aspect of the phenomenon, the American Mafia,
       have reached high levels of prosecutorial success--
       resulting in a decline in the organization's relative 
       importance. Meanwhile, criminal organizations operating on
       a global scale have become more sophisticated and more 
       threatening, and additional crime groups have been added 
       to the pantheon we refer to as organized crime. Reflecting
       changes that have occurred in recent years, this edition 
       updates information and analyses of organized crime as 
       well as efforts to deal with it 
650  0 Organized crime |zUnited States 
650  0 Organized crime |zUnited States |xHistory