John Landesco
Biographic Data
| ID | 2737518 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Landesco |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Landesco |
| SIGNATURE | LANDESCO J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1932 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Organized Crime in Chicago: Part III of The Illinois Crime Survey 1929
Reformers? Why Not
The Woman and the Underworld
Chicago's Criminal Underworld of the '80'S and '90'S: Ii
Politics and Administration in the Practise of Penology
Eddie Jackson served one term in Pontiac and three in Joliet; the first two under a parole board for each prison, the last two under a State Parole Board; he served under Schooler at Pontiac and Murphy, Allen, Zimmer, Whitman, and Green at Joliet, as wardens. This affords the opportunity to compare different administrations. In the main, we have here a study in politics and administration. It is also a study of penology in relation to the profess…
The Criminal Underworld of Chicago in the '80's and '90's
During our study of police records in the Identification Bureau of the Chicago Police Department for the Illinois Crime Survey2 we came across the long criminal record of Eddie Jackson the Immune, pickpocket.Our purpose was to find out how much could be learned from the police records about the organization of criminal occupations.The newspaper clippings in our files showed repeated exposes of the pickpocket racket over a period of three decades …
The Life History of a Member of the "42" Gang
For the last five years and under the auspices of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology and the Social Science Research Committee of the University of Chicago, John Landesco has been making a study of Organized as it exists in the City of Chicago, Illinois. result of his first two years of study and investigation was published in 1929 as a part of the Illinois Survey. results of the last three years of study will shortly appear i…
Crime and the Failure of Institutions in Chicago's Immigrant Areas
following study will appear as a chapter in a book to be entitled The Neighborhood Criminal Gang, which has been written by Mr. John Landesco. research necessary thereto performed by him. work was undertaken under the direction of Professor E. W. Burgess of the University of Chicago and Judge Andrew A. Bruce of Northwestern University and under the auspices of the Social Science Research Committee of the University of Chicago and the American Ins…
Prohibition and Crime
Crime and the Failure of Institutions in Chicago's Immigrant Areas
following study will appear as a chapter in a book to be entitled The Neighborhood Criminal Gang, which has been written by Mr. John Landesco. research necessary thereto performed by him. work was undertaken under the direction of Professor E. W. Burgess of the University of Chicago and Judge Andrew A. Bruce of Northwestern University and under the auspices of the Social Science Research Committee of the University of Chicago and the American Ins…
Prohibition and Crime
The Life History of a Member of the "42" Gang
For the last five years and under the auspices of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology and the Social Science Research Committee of the University of Chicago, John Landesco has been making a study of Organized as it exists in the City of Chicago, Illinois. result of his first two years of study and investigation was published in 1929 as a part of the Illinois Survey. results of the last three years of study will shortly appear i…
The Criminal Underworld of Chicago in the '80's and '90's
During our study of police records in the Identification Bureau of the Chicago Police Department for the Illinois Crime Survey2 we came across the long criminal record of Eddie Jackson the Immune, pickpocket.Our purpose was to find out how much could be learned from the police records about the organization of criminal occupations.The newspaper clippings in our files showed repeated exposes of the pickpocket racket over a period of three decades …
Chicago's Criminal Underworld of the '80'S and '90'S: Ii
Politics and Administration in the Practise of Penology
Eddie Jackson served one term in Pontiac and three in Joliet; the first two under a parole board for each prison, the last two under a State Parole Board; he served under Schooler at Pontiac and Murphy, Allen, Zimmer, Whitman, and Green at Joliet, as wardens. This affords the opportunity to compare different administrations. In the main, we have here a study in politics and administration. It is also a study of penology in relation to the profess…
The Woman and the Underworld
Reformers? Why Not
Organized Crime in Chicago: Part III of The Illinois Crime Survey 1929
Political science (7 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · American Political and Social Dynamics (1 works) · Art (1 works)