"Emerging Organized Crime in Chicago." International Review of Law, Computers & Technology 12, no. 2(July 1998): 219-56.Notes: Available through Lexis/Nexis.Abstract: Organized Crime is now international in scope and unrestricted by geographical borders. Better organized, more sophisticated, and using high-tech equipment, the criminals have developed connections with traditional organized crime. Examines in detail the wave of organized criminal activity which has developed in Chicago and become entrenched through alliances with existing criminal groups.

"Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption." [http://www.yorku.ca/nathanson/]. Abstract: The Nathanson Centre is faculty-based within Osgoode Hall Law School in Canada governed by an Executive Committee and an Advisory Board composed of individuals from the highest levels involved in criminal justice and law enforcement, in combination with legal experts, civil rights activists and government officials. In addition to these two formal bodies, the work of the Nathanson Centre is accomplished by a network of faculty members across York University working collaboratively with researchers from other institutions (in Canada and internationally), public and private law enforcement officials, and investigative journalists who possess knowledge and experiences related to organized crime. Along with their newsletters and publications, an extensive bibliography and searchable bibliographic database can be found on this site.

This bibliography is a representative selection of materials either owned or on order by the FBI Academy Library. Inclusion of an item does not represent an endorsement by the FBI of the material or its author.

Crime Family. A&E Home Video. American Justice. New Video Group, 1997.Call Number: A-V HV 6452 .N72 G367 1997Abstract: The story of the Genovese family revealed by mob historians, investigators, and prosecutors. Tells how Vito Genovese, who rose to power working under legendary mob boss "Lucky" Luciano, established one of the pre-eminent crime families in America

Pizza Connection. A&E Television Networks. American Justice. New Video Group, 1998.Call Number: A-V HV 6441 .P49 1998Abstract: Pizza Connection is the biggest FBI case in history, spawning one of the most remarkable court cases ever. Starting as an investigation into the July 12, 1979, death of Carmine Galanta, notorious boss of the Bonanno crime family, the case soon expanded to include the Italian Government and Federal agents all across America. Investigators traced a network of crime that converted tons of Sicilian-made heroin to billions of dollars in cash using small businesses throughout America, from New York pizzerias to Midwest strip mall stores. FBI and DEA agents tell how they uncovered the powerful figure behind the vast network, Gaetano Badalamenti. And attorneys for both the prosecution and the defense recall the trial that brought this case to an end.

Abadinsky, Howard. Organized Crime. Chicago, IL: Nelson-Hall Inc., 1997.Reprint: Fifth EditionCall Number: HV 6446 .A224 1997Abstract: A basic text about organized crime that covers topics ranging from definitions and history to laws and policies.

Albanese, Jay S. Organized Crime in America . Cincinnati, Ohio: Anderson Publishing Co., 1996.Reprint: Third EditionCall Number: HV 6446 .A34 1996Abstract: This third edition reports on the Presidential Commission on Organized Crime, important convictions of major racketeers, the massive attention given to the importation and use of narcotics in America, a closer scrutiny of the entrepreneurial aspects of organized crime, and other significant developments in organized crime in recent years. Devotes much of its content to criminal justice response, laws, and to two Presidential investigations of organized crime.

Albini, Joseph L. "The Mafia Is a Myth."Gangs: Opposing Viewpoints, Editor Charles P. Cozic, 57-63. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1996.Call Number: HV 6437 .G36 1996Abstract: Joseph Albini, a sociology professor at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, contends that the Mafia is a myth that was created and sustained by overzealous government investigators and journalists in the 1950s and 1960s. Albini maintains that the myth and stereotypes surrounding the Mafia are comparable to those of satanic cults and are equally invalid.

Alexander, Shana. The Pizza Connection: Lawyers, Money, Drugs, Mafia. New York, NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988.Call Number: KF 224 .B23 A44 1988Abstract: A court reporter takes us inside America's longest-running criminal trial ever to be held in a federal court. The Pizza Connection trial pitted the U.S. government against 22 mafia defendants accused of a $1.65-billion heroin smuggling and money laundering conspiracy that stretched from Sicily to Brooklyn to Brazil to a chain of small pizzerias in the Midwest, which ended as a huge success in America's fight against organized crime.

Bonavolonta, Jules and Brian Duffy. The Good Guys: How We Turned the FBI 'Round and Finally Broke the Mob. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1996.Call Number: HV 7911 .B645 A3 1996Abstract: Written by a former FBI Agent determined to break the mob. True story and behind the scenes look at the downfall of the most powerful crime families in New York.

Bureau of Justice Assistance. Lessons Learned From the Organized Crime Narcotics (OCN) Trafficking Enforcement Program Model. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, 1998.Call Number: J 26.30:OR 3Abstract: Despite longstanding efforts to overcome organized crime and narcotics trafficking, the enormous profits combined with the multijurisdictional nature and the absence of investigative and prosecutive coordination, make their control one of the greatest challenges facing law enforcement. The Organized Crime Narcotics (OCN) Trafficking Enforcement Program was developed in late 1986 by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, as a grant program to assist law enforcement in responding to multijurisdictional narcotics trafficking activities. Background, program, and statistical information is provided.

Catanzaro, Raimondo. Men of Respect: A Social History of the Sicilian Mafia. New York, NY: Macmillan, 1992.Call Number: HV 6453 .I83 M32323 1992Abstract: The author seeks to explain the actual historical processes that produced today's mafia, tracing its origins to the orange groves of the Conca D'Oro in Palermo, Sicily, during the early 19th century.

Curry, Leonard, ed. Organized Crime Digest. Washington, D.C.: Washington Crime News Service.Notes: Published 24 times per year.Abstract: An independent news summary of organized crime activities. Includes national news, legislation, funding opportunities, and news stories from individual states.

Fresolone, George and Robert J. Wagman. Blood Oath: The Heroic Story of a Gangster Turned Government Agent Who Brought Down One of America's Most Powerful Mob Families. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1994.Call Number: HV 6452 .N22 M344 1994Abstract: True life story of George Fresolone, a mobster turned informant, fiercely determined to quit the mob and get even after they turned their back on him following an arrest for bookmaking. Doing so meant decimating the ranks of the Bruno-Scarfo family. As the key element in Operation Broadsword, he signed a contract with the New Jersey State Police and volunteered to wear a wire. He transmitted conversations with mob members on more than 400 occasions and, over the course of nearly two years, gathered enough evidence to convict 38 men.

Gambetta, Diego. The Sicilian Mafia: The Business of Private Protection. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996.Call Number: HV 6453 .I83 M345 1996Abstract: An analysis of the economic and political role of the Sicilian Mafia.

Godson, Roy, ed. Trends in Organized Crime. Washington, D.C.: Transaction Periodicals Consortium.Notes: Published quarterly.Abstract: Documents overall trends in international organized crime, with special emphasis on initiatives to assess and anticipate criminal threats and strategies, and best practices to disrupt and curb them. Provides specialists, policy makers, and law enforcement officials with a strategic view of efforts to counter organized crime.

Jacobs, James B. Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated From the Grip of Organized Crime. New York: New York University Press, 1999.Call Number: HV 6452 .N72 M345 1999Abstract: An account of the ways in which the Cosa Nostra infiltrated New York City's economic life. Documents the campaign to purge the mob from unions, industries, and economic sectors.

Jamieson, Alison. The Antimafia: Italy's Fight Against Organized Crime. Great Britain: Antony Rowe, Ltd., 2000.Call Number: HV 6453 .I83 M3536 2000Abstract: Judge Giovanni Falcone, a key figure in the fight against the Italian Mafia, was murdered in May of 1992, at a time when Italy had no Head of State, Government, or Prime Minister. Its largest political party, the Christian Democratic Party, was leaderless, and the antimafia prosecution service was without a chief prosecutor. The Antimafia, an Italian police force created six months before Falcone's murder, was still only barely functional. With the subsequent murder of the mafia's greatest remaining threat, Assistant Chief Prosecutor Paolo Borsellino, many believed Italy's last chance of winning the battle against the mafia lay buried. But within 12 months, new legislation was in place, law enforcement capabilities had been strengthened, new police and judicial services were functioning, and 19 of the 30 most wanted fugitives had been arrested. This book is an analysis of the successes and failures of the Antimafia.

Crime Inc. Craig, Ken and Ian Stuttard John Edwards. Crime Inc. HBO Video, 1984.Call Number: A-V HV 6791 .C75 1984Abstract: A seven-volume series that penetrates the code of silence to reveal the truth behind organized crime in America. Police surveillance footage, actual home movies and firsthand accounts by former Mafiosi explain the intricacies of a billion-dollar empire. Includes "All in the Family," "Making of the Mob," "The Racket Busters," "The Old Mob and the New," "The Mob at Work," "Make It Legitimate" and "Birthright of Gangsters."

Kleinknecht, William. The New Ethnic Mobs: The Changing Face of Organized Crime in America. New York, NY: The Free Press, 1996.Call Number: HV 6446 .K54 1996Abstract: The author attempts to counter the Italian Mafia myth presented in the media and show how new ethnic crime groups have diluted the power of the Italian mafia and revolutionized organized crime. Kleinknecht takes us inside the world of ethnic crime groups, and explores what the future holds for these overseas groups.

Lyman, Michael D. and Gary W. Potter. Organized Crime. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997.Call Number: HV 6441 .L 96 1997Abstract: Designed to be an introduction to organized crime, providing the reader with an understanding of the concept of organized crime - what it is and what it is not. Provides a historical foundation to make clear organized crime's evolution, development, and current status, and dispels the myth that organized crime is primarily Italian-American criminal groups.

Maas, Peter. Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia. New York: Harper Collins Pub., 1997.Call Number: HV 6248 .G72 M2 1997Abstract: The story of "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, second in command to John Gotti in the nation's most powerful crime family and the highest ranking member of "la Cosa Nostra" ever to defect, putting Gotti in prison for life with his testimony.

Mafia: The History of the Mob in America. A&E Home Video David et al Osterlund. American Justice. New Video Group, 1993.Call Number: A-V HV 6446 .M34 1993Abstract: A four-volume series that examines organized crime in the 20th century. Starting with the prohibition years, also included are volumes about the Kennedys, communists, and World War II.

Passas, Nikos. Organized Crime. Brookfield, VT: Dartmouth Publishing Co., 1995.Call Number: HV 6441 .O738 1995Abstract: Consists of 26 essays, edited by Nikos Passas of the Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia. Designed to be a compilation of the most significant journal essays in the field of organized crime for teachers, students, and researchers. Broken down into five parts, each edited and introduced by a recognized expert in the field, with the significance of each article being explained.

President's Commission on Organized Crime. President's Commission on Organized Crime. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1985.Call Number: Pr 40.8:C 86/Abstract: The President's Commission on Organized Crime was established by President Reagan on July 28th, 1983, becoming the first presidential commission to focus on organized crime since The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice reported to President Johnson in 1967. Their task was to conduct a nationwide investigation of organized crime in both its traditional and emerging forms and to probe the cause of organized crime and forge new strategies for its eradication. Hearings began on November 29, 1983, and spanned nearly three years, producing seven volumes of hearings and four reports. The Commission's final report to the President was on April 1, 1986.

Rogers, Patrick. "The Family Way." People Weekly 52, no. 12(September 1999): 79-80.Notes: Available through Wilson Web.Abstract: News on the Gotti family and how John Gotti, Jr., is running New York City's Gambino crime family since the imprisonment of his father, John Gotti, Sr., who is serving a life sentence in jail for murder.

Ryan, Patrick J. and George E. Rush. Understanding Organized Crime in Global Perspective: A Reader. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1997.Call Number: HV 6446 .U53 1997Abstract: A collection of 17 papers, authored primarily by members of the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime, and designed for an academic audience. All but two papers in this book have previously appeared in issues of the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice.

Sterling, Claire. "The Mafia Poses a New Threat to America."Gangs: Opposing Viewpoints, Editor Charles P. Cozic, 49-56. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1996.Call Number: HV 6437 .G36 1996Abstract: Claire Sterling, an American foreign correspondent and investigative reporter based in Italy for more than 30 years, asserts that the U.S. is under threat from an influx of Sicilian mafia gangsters. Sterling contends that the Sicilian mafia in America has grown to roughly the size of the American mafia.

Theoharis, Athan. J. Edgar Hoover, Sex, and Crime. Chicago, IL: Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1995.Call Number: HV 7911 .H6 T545 1995Abstract: For those interested in the Hoover/Organized Crime connection, a book theorizing the real reason for the FBI's ineffectiveness in pursuing organized crime leaders under Hoover's direction.

U.S. Congress, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Organized Crime: 25 Years After Valachi; Hearings Before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, April 11, 15, 21, 22, 29, 1988. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1988.Call Number: Y 4.G 74/9:SHrg.100-906Abstract: Five days of testimony before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations examines the status of La Cosa Nostra and the law enforcement response to it.

________. Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics: Hearing Before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Index, September 25, 27, October 1, 2, 8, and 9, 1963; October 10, 11, 15, and 16, 1963; October 29, 1963, July 28, 29, and 30, 1964. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1964.Call Number: HV 5825Abstract: Consisting of five parts and an index, these hearings, known as the McClellan Hearings, are historically significant in that they contain the infamous testimony of organized crime figure Joseph Valachi regarding the hierarchy of - and introducing the term - the "Cosa Nostra." Testimony from government officials and Valachi regarded the structure and operations of organized crime, its impact on society, the toll it exacts from the economy, and how effective or deficient existing laws are in its prevention.

U.S. Congress, Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce. Investigation of Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1951.Call Number: HV 6791 .U5Abstract: Consisting of 19 parts, the hearings of the Senate's Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, are historically significant hearings from which the official version of organized crime in America began to emerge clearly. The committee was charged with ascertaining whether a national crime syndicate existed in the use of the wire services to transmit the outcomes of horse races to bookies. The committee went far beyond that, claiming in the committee's Interim Report that an international criminal conspiracy known as the "mafia," originating in Sicily, was responsible for organized crime in the United States.

Volkman, Ernest. Gangbusters: The Destruction of America's Last Great Mafia Dynasty. Winchester, MA: Faber and Faber, 1998.Call Number: HV 6452 .N7 V65 1998Abstract: Tells the history of the criminal enterprise from the inside - the men who made it flourish, how they operated, and the real world of organized crime. Also, provides a look at the inner workings of their adversaries - police detectives, FBI agents, and prosecutors.

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