02421nam 2200637 a 450 991045293720332120200520144314.01-283-90170-60-252-09448-4(CKB)2550000000707714(EBL)3414175(SSID)ssj0000783908(PQKBManifestationID)11490442(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783908(PQKBWorkID)10760900(PQKB)11524400(MiAaPQ)EBC3414175(StDuBDS)EDZ0000649290(OCoLC)824655084(MdBmJHUP)muse25130(Au-PeEL)EBL3414175(CaPaEBR)ebr10639730(CaONFJC)MIL421420(OCoLC)923496654(EXLCZ)99255000000070771420120514d2013 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOrganized crime in Chicago[electronic resource] beyond the Mafia /Robert M. LombardoUrbana University of Illinois Press20131 online resource (290 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-252-07878-0 0-252-03730-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Explaining organized crime -- The gem of the prairie -- The black Mafia -- The syndicate -- The Forty-two Gang -- The outfit -- The outfit as a complex organization -- Street crew neighborhoods.This text offers an explanation for the emergence and continuation of organized crime in Chicago. Tracing the roots of political corruption that afforded protection to gambling, prostitution, and other vice activity in Chicago and other large American cities, Robert M. Lombardo challenges the dominant belief that organized crime in America is a descendent of the Sicilian Mafia.Organized crimeIllinoisChicagoCriminalsIllinoisChicagoGangsIllinoisChicagoElectronic books.Organized crimeCriminalsGangs364.10609773/11Lombardo Robert M856813MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452937203321Organized crime in Chicago1913587UNINA