Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia' : a social and political history / by Sean Patrick Griffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffin, Sean Patrick.

Series:

Studies of organized crime ; v. 2.

Studies of organized crime

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organized crime--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Organized crime.

African American criminals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

African American criminals.

Mafia--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Mafia.

History.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

xi, 210 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2003]

Summary:

Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia' could be used as primary reading in deviance and organized crime courses. This book provides the first sociological analysis to date of Philadelphia's infamous "Black Mafia" which has organized crime (with varying degrees of success) in predominantly African-American sections of the city dating back to the late 1960's. Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia': -is a first step in developing both data and sophisticated theoretical propositions germane to the ongoing study of organized crime; -uses primary source documents, including confidential law enforcement files, court transcripts and interviews; -explores the group's activities in detail, depicting some of the most notorious crimes in Philadelphia's history; -thoroughly examines the organization of the Black Mafia and the group's alliances, conspiracies and conflicts; -challenges many of the current historical and theoretical assumptions regarding organized crime.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Pennsylvania State University.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1402013116

140201421X

OCLC:

52746735