1 option
Russian mafia in America : immigration, culture, and crime / James O. Finckenauer, Elin J. Waring.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HV6446.F56 1998
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finckenauer, James O.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russian American criminals--United States.
- Russian American criminals.
- Organized crime--United States.
- Organized crime.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Northeastern University Press, ©1998.
- Summary:
- "Does a "Russian Mafia" really exist? This book seeks to answer that question by examining the intricate history of Russian organized crime in both its homeland and the United States. It investigates in detail such topics as the characteristics of the Russian criminal tradition of vory v zakone ("thieves-in-law"), contemporary Russian mobs, criminal activity among Russian immigrants, claims of KGB involvement in American crime, and connections between crime bosses and gangsters in both countries." "Drawing on research conducted in cooperation with the Tri-State Joint Soviet-emigre Organized Crime Project as well as on privileged access to confidential information, James O. Finckenauer and Elin J. Waring focus on criminal networks in the New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania area. They also report on a nationwide survey of law enforcement agencies and examine major criminal cases, notably Russian participation with Cosa Nostra families in bootleg gasoline schemes."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Organized crime: mafias, myths, and ethnicity
- Early waves of Russian immigration to the United States
- "New" Russians come to America
- The Russian criminal tradition
- The new Russian mobs
- An overview of Soviet émigré crime in the United States
- The structure of Soviet émigré crime
- How Soviet émigrés view Soviet émigré crime
- Is there a Russian mafia in America?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-292) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Finckenauer, James O. Russian mafia in America.
- ISBN:
- 1555533744
- 9781555533748
- OCLC:
- 39007246
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.