Paul Bleakley

The Australian Gamble

Organized Crime Down Under

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Produktbeschreibung

The Australian Gamble explores Jack Rooklyn's, the Bally gambling organization managing director, role as a thread that connects some of the best-recognized characters, and most pivotal events, in Australian criminal history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9781538177082
• ISBN-10: 1538177080
• Artikelnr.: 66349927

Autorenporträt

Paul Bleakley is assistant professor of Criminal Justice at the University of New Haven. Before entering the academic world, Paul was a journalist working in both London and Sydney. He is the author of two books on historical crime in Australia: Under a Bad Sun (2021) and Policing Child Sexual Abuse (2022).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A cigar-smoking enigma
Chapter 1: All the bells and whistles
Chapter 2: Rooklyn rises
Chapter 3: Family vacations
Chapter 4: Ballyhoo
Chapter 5: Chasing the American dream
Chapter 6: Reinvention
Chapter 7: Shut down the pokies
Chapter 8: Moonlight
Conclusion: Cashing out