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Representing over four decades of work, this monograph by historian Mark H. Haller includes his work on organized crime in Chicago, particularly the origins of John Landesco's now classic work titled Organized Crime in Chicago (1929), written for the Illinois Crime Survey. Essays on organized crime in both Philadelphia and Chicago, as well as vignettes on Al "Scarface" Capone, Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein, Meyer Lansky, and Max "Boo Boo" Hoff, provide readers with a lively selection of Haller's commentary. Finally, this book incorporates Haller's critique of the Mafia model of organized crime and his elaboration of the illegal enterprise model of gangsters and their role in the American subeconomy, including the historical importance of prohibition and 19th century gambling syndicates in urban America.
Contents
Part I: Chicago
Chapter 1: Illinois Association for Criminal Justice
Chapter 2: John Landesco and the Illinois Crime Survey (1929)
Chapter 3: Organized Crime in Urban Society: Chicago in the Twentieth Century (1971)
Chapter 4: Biographical Sketches: Al Capone, Jack Guzik, Arnold Rothstein, Meyer Lansky and Max Hoff; Definition of Organized Crime
Part II : Philadelphia
Chapter 5: Philadelphia Bootlegging and the Report of the Special August Grand Jury (1985)
Chapter 6: The Bruno Family of Philadelphia: Organized Crime as a Regulatory Agency (1994)
Chapter 7: Loansharking in Philadelphia: Social Control in an Illegal Enterprise (1992)
Part III - Illegal Enterprise Theory
Chapter 8: The Changing Structure of American Gambling in the Twentieth Century (1979)
Chapter 9: Loansharking in American Cities: Historical Analysis of a Marginal Enterprise (1977)
Chapter 10: Bootleggers as Businessmen: From City Slums to City Builders (1985)
Chapter 11: Illegal Enterprise: A Theoretical and Historical Interpretation (1990)
Subject Index
