03550nam a22004093i 4500001001100000003000700011005001700018006001900035007001500054008004100069020003600110020001800146035002300164035002400187035002500211035002300236035002100259040004100280050002300321082002000344100003200364245007400396264005400470264001200524300003400536336002600570337002600596338003600622505027100658520169400929588007202623650004202695655002202737776013102759856014002890856011003030EBC3414175MiAaPQ20221024165023.0m     o  d |      cr cnu||||||||211129s2012    xx      o     ||||0 eng d  a9780252094484q(electronic bk.)  z9780252037306  a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414175  a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414175  a(CaPaEBR)ebr10639730  a(CaONFJC)MIL421420  a(OCoLC)923496654  aMiAaPQbengerdaepncMiAaPQdMiAaPQ 4aHV6795b.L663 20120 a364.10609773/111 aLombardo, Robert M.eauthor10aOrganized Crime in Chicago :bBeyond the Mafia /cRobert M. Lombardo. 1aBaltimore :bUniversity of Illinois Press,c2012. 4c©2013.  a1 online resource (290 pages)  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aIntroduction -- 1. Explaining Organized Crime -- 2. The Gem of the Prairie -- 3. The Black Mafia -- 4. The Syndicate -- 5. The Forty-two Gang -- 6. The Outfit -- 7. The Outfit as a Complex Organization -- 8. Street Crew Neighborhoods -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.  aThis book provides a comprehensive sociological explanation for the emergence and continuation of organized crime in Chicago. Tracing the roots of political corruption that afforded protection to gambling, prostitution, and other vice activity in Chicago and other large American cities, Robert M. Lombardo challenges the dominant belief that organized crime in America descended directly from the Sicilian Mafia. According to this widespread "alien conspiracy" theory, organized crime evolved in a linear fashion beginning with the Mafia in Sicily, emerging in the form of the Black Hand in America's immigrant colonies, and culminating in the development of the Cosa Nostra in America's urban centers. Looking beyond this Mafia paradigm, this volume argues that the development of organized crime in Chicago and other large American cities was rooted in the social structure of American society. Specifically, Lombardo ties organized crime to the emergence of machine politics in America's urban centers. From nineteenth-century vice syndicates to the modern-day Outfit, Chicago's criminal underworld could not have existed without the blessing of those who controlled municipal, county, and state government. These practices were not imported from Sicily, Lombardo contends, but were bred in the socially disorganized slums of America where elected officials routinely franchised vice and crime in exchange for money and votes. This book also traces the history of the African-American community's participation in traditional organized crime in Chicago and offers new perspectives on the organizational structure of the Chicago Outfit, the traditional organized crime group in Chicago.  aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. 0aOrganized crime - Illinois - Chicago. 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aLombardo, Robert M.tOrganized Crime in ChicagodBaltimore : University of Illinois Press,c2012z9780252037306  uhttps://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3414175yAcceso Remoto40uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3414175yAcceso en el Campus PUCPR