Alcatraz [[electronic resource] ] : the gangster years / / David A. Ward ; with Gene Kassebaum |
Autore | Ward David A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (578 p.) |
Disciplina | 365/.979461 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KassebaumGene G |
Soggetto topico | Prisons - California - Alcatraz Island - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american crime
20th century american history al capone alcatraz alvin karpis american government convicts crime dock barker escape attempts fbi federal bureau of prisons federal government federal parole records gangsters george kelly infamous criminals inmates machine gun kelly outlaws penal policy penitentiary prison administrators prison guards prison public enemy resistance security supermax prison the rock worst of the worst |
ISBN |
1-282-77248-1
9786612772481 0-520-94298-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: Reconstructing the Life of a Prison -- 1. The Federal Government's War on "Public Enemies" -- 2. A New Form of Imprisonment -- 3. Selecting the "Worst of the Worst" -- 4. The Program -- 5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested -- 6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts -- 7. Alcatraz on Trial -- 8. The War Years -- 9. The Battle of Alcatraz -- 10. Resistance and Adaptation -- 11. Outlaws among Outlaws -- 12. Celebrity Prisoners -- 13. Return to the Free World -- 14. Lessons from Alcatraz for Supermax Prisons -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785270603321 |
Ward David A | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Yakuza [[electronic resource] ] : Japan's criminal underworld / / David E. Kaplan and Alec Dubro |
Autore | Kaplan David E |
Edizione | [25th anniversary ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.1060952 |
Altri autori (Persone) | DubroAlec |
Soggetto topico |
Yakuza - Japan - History
Yakuza - History Organized crime - Japan - History Crime - Japan - History Gangs - Japan - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
asia scholars asian history asian studies controversial crime historians crime history crime syndicates crime criminal class criminal culture criminal organizations criminology cultural historians gangsters japan japanese culture japanese history japanese society japans underworld modern impact organized crime outlaws retrospective sociologists sociology western perspective yakuza culture yakuza society yakuza |
ISBN |
1-282-13417-5
9786613806758 0-520-95381-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Early history -- pt. 2. The Kodama years -- pt. 3. The modern Yakuza -- pt. 4. The move abroad. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779223003321 |
Kaplan David E | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Yakuza [[electronic resource] ] : Japan's criminal underworld / / David E. Kaplan and Alec Dubro |
Autore | Kaplan David E |
Edizione | [25th anniversary ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.1060952 |
Altri autori (Persone) | DubroAlec |
Soggetto topico |
Yakuza - Japan - History
Yakuza - History Organized crime - Japan - History Crime - Japan - History Gangs - Japan - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
asia scholars asian history asian studies controversial crime historians crime history crime syndicates crime criminal class criminal culture criminal organizations criminology cultural historians gangsters japan japanese culture japanese history japanese society japans underworld modern impact organized crime outlaws retrospective sociologists sociology western perspective yakuza culture yakuza society yakuza |
ISBN |
1-282-13417-5
9786613806758 0-520-95381-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Early history -- pt. 2. The Kodama years -- pt. 3. The modern Yakuza -- pt. 4. The move abroad. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813601403321 |
Kaplan David E | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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