Double Crossed: The Failure of Organized Crime Control
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (771 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073PZ441S |
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| Number of Pages | : | 470 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Presents a blistering critique of both the origins of the US approach to organized crime and the application of the current policy. Anyone interested in the subject, especially the men and women charged with crafting US strategy, would do well to ponder its conclusions.". Double Crossed offers a convincing portrayal of American anti-crime strategies as rooted in hypocrisy and xenophobia, which has led to a thoroughly counterproductive approach today.An incisive and thought-provoking consideration of the pathologies infecting US organized crime control
In Double Crossed, Michael Woodiwiss challenges perpetuated myths to reveal a more disturbing reality of organized crime—one in which government officials and the wider establishment are deeply complicit.Delving into attempts to implement policies to control organized crime in the US, Italy and the UK, Woodiwiss reveals little-known manifestations of organized crime among the political and corporate establishment. In the United States, the popular symbols of organized crime are still Depression-era figures such as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and Meyer Lansky—thought to be heads of giant, hierarchically organized mafias. A follow up to his 2005 Gangster Capitalism, Woodiwiss broadens and brings his argument up to the present by examining those who constructed and then benefitted from myth making. Organized crime control policies now tend to legitimize repression and cover-up failure. While the US continues to export its organized crime con