The Mob's Daily Number : Organized Crime and the Numbers Gambling Industry
by
Don Liddick
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0761812679
ISBN-13
9780761812678
Publisher
University Press of America
Imprint
University Press of America
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 18th, 1999
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
277 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 14.90 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
EconomicsBusiness & management
Ksh 7,750.00
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The Mob's Daily Number provides an in-depth historical and sociological examination of the numbers gambling industry that continues to generate significant income for organized criminals. In addition this study uses the findings to assess the utility of the major theoretical perspectives in the study of organized crime. The author begins with a description of the basic structure and functioning of the numbers game and a social and political history of illegal lotteries from the time of the colonial American/British government to the present numbers game still prospering in many urban communities. He then discusses and analyzes illegal markets and illegal firms before moving into the impact that organized crime generally and numbers gambling specifically have on community 'social processes,' coupled with a description of the social characteristics of numbers personnel, and the significance of those issues in understanding illegal enterprises. The author concludes with a thorough description of the of the major organized crime theories and the application of the presents findings to those broad theoretical paradigms encompassing the greater theoretical concerns in the realm of organized crime.
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