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Tables of Contents for African-American Organized Crime
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
LIST OF TABLES
xi
2
LIST OF FIGURES
xiii
2
PREFACE
xv
4
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
xix
CHAPTER
1. INTRODUCTION
3
12
URBAN DECAY, JOB LOSS, AND CRIME
5
3
THE DEMISE OF LA COSA NOSTRA
8
7
2. ORGANIZED CRIME IN AMERICA
15
32
DEFINING ORGANIZED CRIME
15
2
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE AMERICAN MAFIA
17
5
PROHIBITION AND BUCCANEER CAPITALISM
22
3
THE PASSIONS FOR POWER: OVERLORDS AND WARLORDS IN THE URBAN CRIME SCENE
25
5
THE CASTELLAMMARESE WAR: BIRTH OF LA COSA NOSTRA
30
4
THE POSTWAR PERIOD
34
4
THE NEW "MAFIAS": GLOBAL AND LOCAL
38
9
3. THE SECOND DIASPORA: AFRICAN-AMERICAN MIGRATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
47
14
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN EARLY NEW YORK
48
1
THE PECULIAR INSTITUTION AND ITS HAUNTING AFTERMATH
49
2
THE INTERNAL CROSSINGS
51
3
THE URBAN CRUCIBLE
54
7
4. THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY: INFORMAL INFRASTRUCTURES
61
22
LOTTERIES
62
4
THE ORIGINS OF CLEARING HOUSE BANK TOTALS NUMBERS
66
5
THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF POLICY
71
1
POLICY RACKETS AS CRIMINAL FIRMS
72
1
THE COMMUNITY AND POLICY
73
3
CRIMINOGENIC ASSETS IN THE GHETTO
76
1
CALCULATING RISKS AND OPERATING STRATEGIES
76
7
5. BETWEEN THE WARS, 1920-1940
83
18
HOLSTEIN'S CAREER
88
12
THE STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF HARLEM
90
4
THE POLITICS OF POLICY
94
2
SYNDICATES, VICE, AND POLITICS
96
5
6. RACIAL SERVITUDE AND MUTINY IN THE UNDERWORLD, 1940-1970
101
44
COURTIER POLITICS IN THE GHETTO
103
4
POLITICS AND ORGANIZED CRIME
107
3
THE VIETNAM ERA
110
1
AN INNER-CITY COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZED CRIME: SYMBIOSIS
111
7
COCAINE AND HEROIN AS CURRENCY
118
1
JAMAICAN POSSES
119
2
UNEASY PARTNERSHIPS: JAMAICAN POSSES AND AFRICAN AMERICANS
121
1
DRUG ORGANIZATIONS IN NEW YORK
122
10
BLOOD TIES, FAMILY, AND CRIMINAL BONDING: ETHNIC SUCCESSION REDUX
132
8
CONCLUSION
140
5
7. THE TRAGIC CRESCENDO OF DRUGS
145
34
THE DRUG TRAFFICKING INDUSTRY: STRUCTURE, CONDUCT, AND PERFORMANCE
146
2
COMPETITION AND RIVALRY IN THE STREET TRADE
148
5
THE GRUESOME LOGIC OF CRACK: DESPERATION IN THE INNER CITY
153
13
LAW ENFORCEMENT DILEMMAS: SOME CASE STUDIES
166
3
CHANGING CONCEPTIONS AND IMAGES OF ORGANIZED CRIME
169
2
THE CONUNDRUMS OF DRUG LEGALIZATION
171
8
8. URBICIDE: A TALE OF THREE CITIES
179
42
THE URBAN POLICE
181
1
GANG TYPOLOGIES
182
2
STREET GANGS AND ORGANIZED CRIME
184
6
THE STREET GANG AS A CHRYSALIS
190
17
THE CONTINUUM OF ORGANIZED CRIME: ILLICIT ENTERPRISE
207
3
COALESCENCE AND SOCIAL BANDITRY
210
1
IN THE OUTER METROPOLIS: GANG SUPPRESSION STRATEGIES
211
10
9. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
221
16
A THEORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME
227
10
EPILOGUE
237
22
AN EXCURSUS ON THE CRIMINAL TOPOGRAPHY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOCIAL EXPERIENCE
237
6
CHALLENGING THEORETICAL ORTHODOXY AND AUTHORITY
243
16
INDEX
259