Robert M. Lombardo

The Black Hand: Terror by Letter in Chicago

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Robert M. Lombardo is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Loyola University of Chicago and a former deputy chief of police for Cook County, Illinois.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Powerhouse Publishing (AUS)
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 425g
• ISBN-13: 9780252076756
• ISBN-10: 0252076753
• Artikelnr.: 26569542

Autorenporträt

Robert M. Lombardo is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Loyola University of Chicago and a former deputy chief of police for Cook County, Illinois.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface   ix
Introduction   1
1. Italians in Chicago   11
2. The White Hand Society   30
3. The Black Hand Squad   69
4. The Prohibition Years   107
5. The Causes of Black hand Extortion   119
6. The Social Construction of Deviance   161
Conclusion   194
Notes   205
Index   231