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WHAT IS THE BUSINESS OF ORGANIZED CRIME? (FROM CRIME SOCIETY - ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION IN AMERICA, 1976, BY F A J IANNI, AND E REUSS-IANNI - SEE NCJ-38622)

NCJ Number
38625
Author(s)
T C SCHELLING
Date Published
1976
Length
14 pages
Annotation
IN THIS PAPER, THE AUTHOR MAKES THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE COMMONLY HELD DEFINITION OF ORGANIZED CRIME AS A SPECIFICALLY ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE AND HIS OWN WHICH HOLDS THAT IT IS A MONOPOLY MAINTAINED THROUGH EXTORTION.
Abstract
METHODS OF MAINTAINING AND BREAKING UP THE MONOPOLY ARE DESCRIBED.

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