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Gangs of Russia : from the streets to the corridors of power / by Stephenson, Svetlana, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…In the shadow of the State -- The history of street organizations and gangs in Russia -- The transformation of gangs in the 1990s -- The business of gruppirovki: from predation to assimilation -- Gang organization -- Street trajectories -- The gang in the community -- Life according to the poniatiia: the gang's code -- Navigating the world of violence -- Gang culture and the wider Russian society.…”
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Civil gang abatement the effectiveness and implications of policing by injunction / by Allan, Edward L., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Theoretical perspectives -- Legal perspectives -- The gang injunction -- The dimension of flexibility -- The dimension of community involvement -- Policy implications.…”
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Organized crime in Chicago beyond the Mafia / by Lombardo, Robert M.

Table of Contents: “…Explaining organized crime -- The gem of the prairie -- The black Mafia -- The syndicate -- The Forty-two Gang -- The outfit -- The outfit as a complex organization -- Street crew neighborhoods.…”
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Yakuza Japan's criminal underworld / by Kaplan, David E., 1955-

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Yakuza Japan's criminal underworld / by Kaplan, David E.

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Organized crime a cultural introduction / by Nicaso, Antonio, Danesi, Marcel, 1946-

Subjects: Taylor & Francis
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Gangster tour of Texas by Baker, T. Lindsay

Table of Contents: “…Bonnie and Clyde slept here : on the trail of the Barrow Gang -- Four brothers in crime : the Newton Boys, express car and bank robbers of Uvalde -- The Southern Pacific payroll robbery in El Paso : an attempted heist, the murder of an innocent man, and an international prisoner exchange -- Becky Rogers, the flapper bandit -- The Stanton frame-up : killing blameless men for a bounty -- The Santa Claus Bank Robbery -- Captain Charlie and the Rum King of San Antonio -- The Urschel kidnapping : Machine Gun Kelly's foray into Texas -- The Texas and Pacific mail robbery in Fort Worth : robbery, cold-blooded murder, and incarceration on Alcatraz -- The unsolved murder of Frank Nand Singh: immigrant smuggling on the Mexican border in the 1930s -- The Post morphine ring : dope dealing at the edge of the Caprock -- The greatest medical charlatan of them all : Dr. …”
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