Organized Crime

by Michael D. Lyman, Gary W. Potter

"Organized Crime 2/E enlivens today's discussion of hot criminal topics: who the organized criminals are, what they do, and how to bring them to justice." Organized Crime 2/E gives students what they need to know about organized crime and the criminal justice system's fight to stop it.

608 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1996

Reviews

[Donald Brooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overall, I'd more accurately give this book a 4.5 or so rather than a 5. It's a good book, but for this addition (2007), most of the data and references that it relied on we're quite dated. It suffers from the textbook problem of releasing a new text without the responsibility of adequately updating it in a truly scholarly manner. It definitely is an eye opening book that shatters many common (pop, criminal justice and even credal law enforcement) perspectives on organized crime. It's an enjoyable and thoroughly informative book. A great contrast to and supplement for common law enforcement perspectives on organized crime. I think of its theoretical prowess for practical application in fields that often resist novel ways to improve their ways of doing things, etc. Is a major selling point.

[Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was a required read for a class, but it was very interesting. The best chapter was on the associations many former US presidents had with organized crime.

[Ruth Kyle · Rating 1 out of 5]

So glad the past 4 weeks of my life is over, I swear the authors could have tried to make this book a little less repetitive and dull. Hope I can pass my midterm...