Double Crossed: The Failure of Organized Crime Control
| Double Crossed: The Failure of Organized Crime Control |
| Autore | Woodiwiss Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pluto Press, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.106 |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Organized Crime
True Crime |
| ISBN | 9781786800930 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777095503321 |
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| Pluto Press, 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Double Crossed: The Failure of Organized Crime Control
| Double Crossed: The Failure of Organized Crime Control |
| Autore | Woodiwiss Michael |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pluto Press, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.106 |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Organized Crime
True Crime |
| ISBN | 9781786800930 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part I: Dumbing Down: Constructing an Acceptable Understanding of "Organized Crime -- Introduction -- 1. The Rise and Fall of Muckraking Business Criminality -- 2. America's Moral Crusade and the Making of Illegal Markets -- Inset 1: The Origins of Mafia Mythology in America -- 3. Charles G. Dawes and the Molding of Public Opinion on Organized Crime -- 4. Al Capone as Public Enemy Number One -- 5. Al Capone and the Business of Crime -- Inset 2: The Legends and Lives of Al Capone and Eliot Ness -- 6. Americanizing Mussolini's Phony War against the Mafia -- 7. "Organized Crime" in a Fascist State -- 8. Gangbusting and Propaganda -- 9. Thomas E. Dewey and the "Greatest Gangster in America -- 10. From Gangbusters to Murder Inc. -- Part II: Lies about Criminals: Constructing an Acceptable "History" of Organized Crime -- Introduction -- 1. The Genesis of the Atlantic City "Conference" Legend -- 2. Consolidating the "Conference" Legend -- 3. The Purge that Wasn't -- 4. The US Government's History of Organized Crime -- Inset 3: "Lucky" Luciano and a Life in Exile -- Part III: Covering up Failure: Constructing an Acceptable Response to "Organized Crime -- Introduction -- 1. Mafia Mythology and the Federal Response -- 2. President Richard Nixon and Organized Crime Control -- 3. Challenging the Orthodoxy -- 4. Sustaining and Updating Mafia Mythology -- 5. From Super-Government to Super-Governments: The Pluralist Revision of Organized Crime -- 6. The Origins of the Anti-Money Laundering Regime -- Inset 4: Meyer Lansky and the Origins of Money Laundering History -- 7. Informants, Liars and Paranoics -- 8. Seizing Assets to Fund the Crime War -- 9. Drug Prohibition and the Prison Gang Phenomenon -- 10. Organized Business Crime: The Elephant in the Room -- 11. Deregulation and the Rise of Corporate Fraud.
12. Fraud and the Financial Meltdown -- 13. Hiding the Failure of Organized Crime Control -- 14. Repression as Organized Crime Control -- Part IV: Selling Failure: Settling the Global Agenda on Drugs, Organized Crime and Money Laundering -- Introduction -- 1. Losing Corporate Criminality from Transnational Crime -- 2. Building Capacity -- 3. Americanizing the British Drug Control System -- 4. Dumbing Down the International Response to Drugs and "Organized Crime -- 5. Repression, Profits and Slaughter: The United States in Colombia and Mexico -- 6. The Atlantic Alliance as a Money Laundry -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910969520603321 |
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| Pluto Press, 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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I Have Struck Mrs. Cochran with a Stake : Sleepwalking, Insanity, and the Trial of Abraham Prescott
| I Have Struck Mrs. Cochran with a Stake : Sleepwalking, Insanity, and the Trial of Abraham Prescott |
| Autore | Rounds Leslie L |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ashland : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 pages) |
| Disciplina | 345.742/02523 |
| Collana | True Crime History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Murder
True Crime |
| ISBN | 1-63101-430-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Murder -- 1. The Killing -- 2. The Cochran Family -- 3. Sally and Chauncey Cochran -- 4. Nighttime Attack -- 5. The Prescott Family -- 6. Indictment and Incarceration -- Part II: Abraham Prescott's Trials -- 7. The Prosecution Presents Its Case -- 8. The Defense's Opening Argument -- 9. The Defense Discusses Sleepwalking -- 10. The Avery Connection -- 11. Mental Illness in the Prescott Family -- 12. The Physicians Begin Their Testimony -- 13. More Physicians for the Defense -- 14. The Prosecution Rebuts -- 15. The Defense Begins Its Closing Argument -- 16. Closing Arguments Conclude -- 17. Verdict and Retrial -- 18. Reprieve, Riots, and Execution -- Part III: Somnambulism, Insanity, and Prescott's Legacy -- 19. New Hampshire's Need for an Asylum -- 20. The Sleepwalking Defense Evolves -- 21. The Insanity Plea -- 22. The Question of Responsibility -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | I Have Struck Mrs. Cochran with a Stake |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794217903321 |
Rounds Leslie L
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| Ashland : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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I Have Struck Mrs. Cochran with a Stake : Sleepwalking, Insanity, and the Trial of Abraham Prescott
| I Have Struck Mrs. Cochran with a Stake : Sleepwalking, Insanity, and the Trial of Abraham Prescott |
| Autore | Rounds Leslie L |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ashland : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 pages) |
| Disciplina | 345.742/02523 |
| Collana | True Crime History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Murder
True Crime |
| ISBN | 1-63101-430-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Murder -- 1. The Killing -- 2. The Cochran Family -- 3. Sally and Chauncey Cochran -- 4. Nighttime Attack -- 5. The Prescott Family -- 6. Indictment and Incarceration -- Part II: Abraham Prescott's Trials -- 7. The Prosecution Presents Its Case -- 8. The Defense's Opening Argument -- 9. The Defense Discusses Sleepwalking -- 10. The Avery Connection -- 11. Mental Illness in the Prescott Family -- 12. The Physicians Begin Their Testimony -- 13. More Physicians for the Defense -- 14. The Prosecution Rebuts -- 15. The Defense Begins Its Closing Argument -- 16. Closing Arguments Conclude -- 17. Verdict and Retrial -- 18. Reprieve, Riots, and Execution -- Part III: Somnambulism, Insanity, and Prescott's Legacy -- 19. New Hampshire's Need for an Asylum -- 20. The Sleepwalking Defense Evolves -- 21. The Insanity Plea -- 22. The Question of Responsibility -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | I Have Struck Mrs. Cochran with a Stake |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823156603321 |
Rounds Leslie L
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| Ashland : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Medien der Forensik / / Simon Rothöhler
| Medien der Forensik / / Simon Rothöhler |
| Autore | Rothöhler Simon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Collana | Edition Medienwissenschaft |
| Soggetto topico | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Big Data
Cultural Theory Culture Digital Media Media Aesthetics Media Research Media Studies Media Theory Media Open Source Intelligence True Crime |
| ISBN | 3-8394-6000-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- I. Forensische Spurmedienkunde -- II. Forensik digitaler Medien -- III. Populäre Forensik -- IV. Environmentale Forensik -- Literaturverzeichnis |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996445849403316 |
Rothöhler Simon
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| Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2021] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Murder at the Star : who killed Thomas Thomas? / / Steve Adams
| Murder at the Star : who killed Thomas Thomas? / / Steve Adams |
| Autore | Adams Steve |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bridgend, Wales : , : Seren, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (171 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, photographs |
| Disciplina | 364.1523092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Murder - Wales
Crime - Wales |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Murder
True Crime |
| ISBN |
1-78172-257-9
1-78172-256-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155016803321 |
Adams Steve
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| Bridgend, Wales : , : Seren, , 2015 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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