Organized Crime (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780737741803)

This essential volume presents extracts and analysis of court decisions dealing with organized crime in the United States. Major rulings are explained, then majority and dissenting opinions are shared. Legal experts also analyze the lasting impact of each ruling. Readers will learn about removing organized crimes from unions, and its relationship to the international drug trade. Another ruling relates to allowing preventative detention of the accused. The last case is about an organized crime boss on trial.

Author: Ronald D. Lankford Jr
ISBN-10: 0737741805
ISBN-13: 9780737741803
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
Language: English
Published: 01/24/2009
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 07/01/2009 pg. 98