Robert M Lombardo
Biographic Data
| ID | 339903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert M Lombardo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert M |
| FAMILY NAME | Lombardo |
| SIGNATURE | LOMBARDO R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loyola University Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4737-9236 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Can community policing increase residents’ informal social control? Testing the impact of the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy
This study examines whether community policing can build informal social control. Specifically, this paper assesses the impact of the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) in Chicago neighborhoods. The data for this research are drawn from both the Community Survey of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) and the CAPS Prototype Panel Survey. Bivariate and multivariate methods are used to analyze data gathered fr…
The Insane Chicago Way
"The Insane Chicago Way: the insane plan of Chicago gangs to create a Spanish Mafia." Police Practice and Research, 18(1), pp. 102–103
Public reputation and organised crime
This paper examines the influence of traditional organised crime on informal social control in community areas that once had a presence of organised crime while controlling for neighbourhood attachment, satisfaction with the police, social and organisational ties, and tolerance of deviance. The data comes from the Community Survey of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. The comparative quantitative method was used to analyse…
Sam Mitrani. The Rise of the Chicago Police Department
Sam Mitrani's book links the emergence of the Chicago Police Department to the development of the labor movement in the United States. Until the 1840s, American cities relied upon justices of the peace, part-time constables, and voluntary militias to maintain order. It was not until the nineteenth century that modern police departments were organized. In fact, every major northern city built a substantial police force between 1840 and 1880. Mitra…
The honored society
Petra Reski is a German writer who is known for her anti-mafia essays. She has lived and worked in Italy since 1989 and speaks fluent Italian. Reski is the author of 10 books, including Mafia: A Ta
The Chicago Outfit
This essay studies the Outfit, the traditional organized crime group in the city of Chicago. The alien conspiracy theory argues that organized crime in Chicago and other American cities descended from the Sicilian Mafia. This article challenges the alien conspiracy theory arguing that the Chicago Outfit is better understood by the ethnic succession argument, which holds that organized crime is explained by Merton's strain theory. Additionally, it…
Organized Crime in Chicago
This book provides a comprehensive sociological explanation for the emergence and continuation of organized crime in Chicago. Tracing the roots of political corruption that afforded protection to gambling, prostitution, and other vice activity in Chicago and other large American cities, the book challenges the dominant belief that organized crime in America is a descendent of the Sicilian Mafia. According to this widespread “alien conspiracy” the…
The Black Hand
This analysis reviews the history of Black Hand extortion in the City of Chicago and argues that the societal response to Black Hand activity constituted a moral panic. In addition, special emphasis is given to the institutional legacy of society's response to Black Hand crime. It is argued that the moral panic created by the Black Hand contributed to the social construction of the alien conspiracy theory, which has dominated beliefs about the Ma…
The Black Hand
This analysis reviews the history of Black Hand extortion in the City of Chicago and argues that the societal response to Black Hand activity constituted a moral panic. In addition, special emphasis is given to the institutional legacy of society's response to Black Hand crime. It is argued that the moral panic created by the Black Hand contributed to the social construction of the alien conspiracy theory, which has dominated beliefs about the Ma…
The Black Hand
This analysis reviews the history of Black Hand extortion in the City of Chicago and argues that the societal response to Black Hand activity constituted a moral panic. In addition, special emphasis is given to the institutional legacy of society's response to Black Hand crime. It is argued that the moral panic created by the Black Hand contributed to the social construction of the alien conspiracy theory, which has dominated beliefs about the Ma…
Organized Crime in Chicago
This book provides a comprehensive sociological explanation for the emergence and continuation of organized crime in Chicago. Tracing the roots of political corruption that afforded protection to gambling, prostitution, and other vice activity in Chicago and other large American cities, the book challenges the dominant belief that organized crime in America is a descendent of the Sicilian Mafia. According to this widespread “alien conspiracy” the…
The honored society
Petra Reski is a German writer who is known for her anti-mafia essays. She has lived and worked in Italy since 1989 and speaks fluent Italian. Reski is the author of 10 books, including Mafia: A Ta
The Chicago Outfit
This essay studies the Outfit, the traditional organized crime group in the city of Chicago. The alien conspiracy theory argues that organized crime in Chicago and other American cities descended from the Sicilian Mafia. This article challenges the alien conspiracy theory arguing that the Chicago Outfit is better understood by the ethnic succession argument, which holds that organized crime is explained by Merton's strain theory. Additionally, it…
Sam Mitrani. The Rise of the Chicago Police Department
Sam Mitrani's book links the emergence of the Chicago Police Department to the development of the labor movement in the United States. Until the 1840s, American cities relied upon justices of the peace, part-time constables, and voluntary militias to maintain order. It was not until the nineteenth century that modern police departments were organized. In fact, every major northern city built a substantial police force between 1840 and 1880. Mitra…
Public reputation and organised crime
This paper examines the influence of traditional organised crime on informal social control in community areas that once had a presence of organised crime while controlling for neighbourhood attachment, satisfaction with the police, social and organisational ties, and tolerance of deviance. The data comes from the Community Survey of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. The comparative quantitative method was used to analyse…
The Insane Chicago Way
"The Insane Chicago Way: the insane plan of Chicago gangs to create a Spanish Mafia." Police Practice and Research, 18(1), pp. 102–103
Can community policing increase residents’ informal social control? Testing the impact of the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy
This study examines whether community policing can build informal social control. Specifically, this paper assesses the impact of the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) in Chicago neighborhoods. The data for this research are drawn from both the Community Survey of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) and the CAPS Prototype Panel Survey. Bivariate and multivariate methods are used to analyze data gathered fr…
Sociology (6 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (5 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Organised crime (3 works) · Politics (3 works)