LEADER 03751nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910779477703321 005 20230831213345.0 010 $a1-283-90170-6 010 $a0-252-09448-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707714 035 $a(EBL)3414175 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000783908 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11490442 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783908 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10760900 035 $a(PQKB)11524400 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000649290 035 $a(OCoLC)824655084 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25130 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414175 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10639730 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421420 035 $a(OCoLC)923496654 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414175 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707714 100 $a20120514d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOrganized crime in Chicago$b[electronic resource] $ebeyond the Mafia /$fRobert M. Lombardo 210 1$aUrbana :$cUniversity of Illinois Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 258 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-252-07878-0 311 $a0-252-03730-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 211-246) and index. 327 $aExplaining 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. 330 0 $aThis book provides a comprehensive sociological 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 descended directly from the Sicilian Mafia. According to this widespread "alien conspiracy" theory, organized crime evolved in a linear fashion beginning with the Mafia in Sicily, emerging in the form of the Black Hand in America's immigrant colonies, and culminating in the development of the Cosa Nostra in America's urban centers. Looking beyond this Mafia paradigm, this volume argues that the development of organized crime in Chicago and other large American cities was rooted in the social structure of American society. Specifically, Lombardo ties organized crime to the emergence of machine politics in America's urban centers. From nineteenth-century vice syndicates to the modern-day Outfit, Chicago's criminal underworld could not have existed without the blessing of those who controlled municipal, country, and state government. These practices were not imported from Sicily, Lombardo contends, but were bred in the socially disorganized slums of America where elected officials routinely franchised vice and crime in exchange for money and votes. This book also traces the history of the African American community's participation in traditional organized crime in Chicago and offers new perspectives on the organizational structure of the Chicago Outfit, the traditional organized crime group in Chicago. 606 $aOrganized crime$zIllinois$zChicago 606 $aCriminals$zIllinois$zChicago 606 $aGangs$zIllinois$zChicago 615 0$aOrganized crime 615 0$aCriminals 615 0$aGangs 676 $a364.10609773/11 700 $aLombardo$b Robert M$01490645 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779477703321 996 $aOrganized crime in Chicago$93712120 997 $aUNINA