Philadelphia's Black Mafia
A Social and Political History

 

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Philadelphia's Black Mafia
A Social and Political History

by Sean Patrick Griffin (Author)

 

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ISBN: 9781402014215

 

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Provides a sociological analysis of Philadelphia's infamous "Black Mafia", which has organized crime in predominantly African-American sections of the city dating back to the late 1960's. This book is useful for those in the fields of criminology, sociology, history, political science and African-American Studies.


"Philadelphia's Black Mafia" could be used as primary reading in deviance and organized crime courses. Academicians in the fields of criminology, sociology, history, political science and African-American Studies will find the book compelling and important. This book provides the first sociological 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": 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.


 

ISBN 140201421
ISBN13 9781402014215
Publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers
Format Paperback
Publication date 01/07/2003
Pages 228
Weight (grammes) 327
Published in Netherlands
Height (mm) 234
Width (mm) 156

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