{"product_id":"deconstructing-organized-crime-joseph-l-albini-9780786465804","title":"Deconstructing Organized Crime: An Historical and Theoretical Study","description":"\u003cp\u003e What is organized crime? There have been many answers over the decades from scholars, governments, the media, pop culture and criminals themselves. These answers cumulatively created a \"Mafia Mystique\" that dominated discourse until after the Cold War, when transnational organized crime emerged as a pronounced, if nebulous, threat to global security and stability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The authors focus both on the American experience that dominated organized crime scholarship in the second half of the 20th century and on the more recent global scene. Case studies show that organized crime is best understood not as a series of famous gangsters and events but as a structure of everyday life formed by numerous political, social, economic and anthropological variables.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph L. Albini,Jeffrey Scott McIllwain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786465808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786465804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013","brand":"Joseph L. Albini","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086857875711,"sku":"9780786465804","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4ea2afae-1952-422e-adfa-bc0229dd005b.jpg?v=1769096984","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deconstructing-organized-crime-joseph-l-albini-9780786465804","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}