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- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Studies of Organized Crime (SOOC, volume 2)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Social History, 1975–2002
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Criminology and the History of African-American Organized Crime
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Back Matter
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About this book
Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia':
-is a first step in developing both data and sophisticated theoretical propositions germane to the ongoing study of organized crime;
-uses primary source documents, including confidential law enforcement files, court transcripts and interviews;
-explores the group's activities in detail, depicting some of the most notorious crimes in Philadelphia's history;
-thoroughly examines the organization of the Black Mafia and the group's alliances, conspiracies and conflicts;
-challenges many of the current historical and theoretical assumptions regarding organized crime.
Reviews
"Griffin's research is mind-boggling, in the best sense. He has rendered Philadelphia and the United States a valuable historical document."
(James Nicholson, former investigative reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer)
"...an important contribution to the study of organized crime for two reasons. It removes a white spot on the map with respect to African-American organized crime, and at the same time it adds significantly to our knowledge of the overall crime picture in Philadelphia from the late 1960s through the mid 1980s."
(Klaus von Lampe, European Consortium for Political Research)
Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia' provides the first comprehensive analysis to date of Philadelphia's infamous "Black Mafia" which has organized crime (with varying degrees of success) in predominantly African-American sections of the city dating back to the late 1960's. Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia': uses primary source documents, including confidential law enforcement files, court transcripts and interviews; explores the group's activities in detail, depicting some of the most notorious crimes in Philadelphia's history; thoroughly examines the organization of the Black Mafia and the group's alliances, conspiracies and conflicts; and challenges many of the current historical and theoretical assumptions regarding organized crime.
- Written by a former Philadelphia police officer.
- Based on primary source documents, including thousands of confidential law enforcement files, court transcripts, and interviews.
- Explores the "Black Mafia's" activities in detail, depicting some of the most notorious crimes in Philadelphia's history.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philadelphia's Black Mafia
Book Subtitle: A Social and Political History
Authors: Sean Patrick Griffin
Series Title: Studies of Organized Crime
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48132-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1311-9Due: 31 July 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1421-5Published: 31 July 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-48132-1Published: 08 December 2005
Series ISSN: 1571-5493
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 214
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Sociology, general, Anthropology