Philadelphia’s Black Mafia A Social and Political History /

• Main Author: Griffin, Sean Patrick (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
• Series: Studies of Organized Crime, 2
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Criminology.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Sociology, general.

Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia' could be used as primary reading in deviance and organized crime courses. Academicians in the fields of criminology, sociology, history, political science and African-American Studies will find the book compelling and important. This book provides the firs...

Table of Contents:

• Social History 1968–1974
• 1968–1972: The Origins of the Black Mafia
• 1973–1974: Murder and Infamy
• 1968–1974: Social Movements, Social Systems and the Black Mafia
• The Politics of Ignorance and the ART of Exploitation
• Research Methodology
• Social History, 1975–2002
• 1975–1984: Philadelphia’s Black Mafia on the Wane
• 1985–2002: Old Heads, Old Habits
• Criminology and the History of African-American Organized Crime
• Discussion: Contemporary Academic Perspectives on the Black Mafia and African-American Organized Crime
• Conclusions.