| NCJ Number: |
173060   |
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| Title: |
Final Report: Soviet Emigre Organized Criminal Networks in the United States |
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| Document: |
PDF |
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| Dataset: |
DATASET 1 |
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| Author(s): |
J O Finckenauer; E Waring |
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| Date Published: |
1998 |
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| Annotation: |
The nature, scope, and level of organization of crime among immigrants from the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania were studied, using a combination of field research, archival research, and survey research. |
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| Abstract: |
Much of the data and investigative materials were collected by the criminal justice agencies in the Tri-State Joint Project on Soviet Emigre Organized Crime. Other information was collected by means of a mail survey of more than 750 police agencies and individuals and interviews with writers and journalists; crucial community figures in two large emigre communities; police in the United States and the former Soviet Union; and residents and businesspersons in Brighton Beach, N.Y. Results revealed that individual crimes of a highly organized and complex kind are being committed by emigres from the former Soviet Union. However, no Russian organized crime as such exists in the United States; no Russian Mafia exists. The Soviet emigre criminal networks observed during the research were neither predominately Russian, nor did they possess the defining characteristics for being a mafia. Findings indicated that the popular notion of a Russian Mafia in the United States is a symbolic creation of the media and law enforcement and has little basis in fact. Reference notes and appended figures, tables, map, and methodological information |
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| Main Term(s): |
Criminology |
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| Index Term(s): |
Crime patterns; Immigrants/Aliens; New Jersey; New York; NIJ final report; Organized crime; Pennsylvania; Russian Federation; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) |
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| Grant Number: |
93-IJ-CX-0019 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Washington, DC 20531
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
Rutgers University
Newark, NJ 07102
US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
Washington, DC 20531 |
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| Corporate Author: |
Rutgers University
School of Criminal Justice
United States of America |
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| Sale Source: |
Rutgers University
School of Criminal Justice
15 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
United States of America
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States of America |
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| Page Count: |
123 |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=173060 |
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