Guns and garlic : myths and realities of organized crime
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Guns and garlic : myths and realities of organized crime
Purdue University Press, 1974
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"The author acknowledges the contribution of David A. Caputo"
Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780911198379
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"With the appearance of Homer's study, it is no longer possible to base any serious work about organized crime on the superficial debate over whether or not this set of activities is dominated by one or more particular ethnic groups," writes political scientist Michael A. Weinstein in his introduction. Homer removes the study of organized crime from the realm of sensationalism and ethnic chauvinism, and places it in the context of contemporary American social structure. He reviews prevalent myths and hypotheses about organized crime and critically analyzes them in the framework of contemporary organization theory. In this context, organized crime is analyzed in its economic, political, ethnic, and social class dimensions. This book will pose a dilemma for American citizens, Weinstein concludes: "Will we choose to ease our consciences by pretending that organized crime is an anomaly in American society to be eliminated by punitive action against particular groups, or will we recognize that criminal matrices functionally interlock with many other aspects of everyday life? Only the latter recognition will permit us to make a free decision about how we will act with respect to organized crime."
Listed among the outstanding books of 1974 by both American Scholar and Society, Guns and Garlic is a recommended selection of the National Criminal Justice Reference Center, a division of the Law Enforcement Assistance Association of the United States Department of Justice.
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: pbk ISBN 9780911198386
Description
With the appearance of Homer's study, it is no longer possible to base any serious work about organized crime on the superficial debate over whether or not this set of activities is dominated by one or more particular ethnic groups, writes political scientist Michael A. Weinstein in his introduction. Homer removes the study of organized crime from the realm of sensationalism and ethnic chauvinism, and places it in the context of contemporary American social structure. He reviews prevalent myths and hypotheses about organized crime and critically analyzes them in the framework of contemporary organization theory. In this context, organized crime is analyzed in its economic, political, ethnic, and social class dimensions.
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