Virgil W Peterson

Biographic Data

ID5753072
NAMEVirgil W Peterson
GIVEN NAMESVirgil W
FAMILY NAMEPeterson
SIGNATUREPETERSON V W
AFFILIATIONSExecutive Director, Chicago Crime Commission
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT19
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1945
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1971
H-INDEX1

  • Development of Local and State Law Enforcement

    Virgil W PetersonARTICLECurrent History1971

    Essay| June 01 1971 Development of Local and State Law Enforcement Virgil W. Peterson Virgil W. Peterson Visiting Lecturer, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle Campus Virgil W. Peterson, who is lecturing on organized crime at the University of Illinois, retired as executive director of the Chicago Crime Commission in January, 1970, after heading the commission staff since 1942. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google …

  • The Problems of Law and Order

    Virgil W PetersonARTICLECurrent History1968

    Essay| December 01 1968 The Problems of Law and Order Virgil W. Peterson Virgil W. Peterson Executive Director, Chicago Crime Commission Virgil W. Peterson, a member of the Illinois bar, served with the F.B.I. from 1930 to 1942, when he joined the Chicago Crime Commission. His article on local and state law enforcement appeared in Current History in July, 1967. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current Hist…

  • Local and State Law Enforcement Today

    Virgil W PetersonARTICLECurrent History1967

    Essay| July 01 1967 Local and State Law Enforcement Today Virgil W. Peterson Virgil W. Peterson Executive Director, Chicago Crime Commission Virgil W. Peterson, a member of the Illinois bar, has been with the Chicago Crime Commission since 1942. From 1930 to 1942, he was with the FBI. Mr. Peterson is the author of numerous articles on the various aspects of crime and of two books, Barbarians in Our Midst: A History of Chicago Crime and Politics (…

  • Chicago

    Open AccessVirgil W PetersonARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1963

    In the late 1800's, an alliance was formed between First Ward political leaders in Chicago and gamblers and brothel owners. The underworld became organized, and eventually the infamous Capone gang was spawned. Headed successively by Big Jim Colosimo, Johnny Torrio, Al Capone, Frank Nitti, and Tony Accardo, the syndicate is still active in gambling and vice—always sources of underworld wealth. Capone gangsters have maintained a vital interest in t…

  • Patterns in Criminal Homicide

    Virgil W PetersonREVIEWThe Journal of Criminal Law…1960

  • Barbarians in Our Midst; A History of Chicago Crime and Politics

    Landon Warner, Virgil W PetersonARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1953

    Journal Article Barbarians in Our Midst; A History of Chicago Crime and Politics. By Virgil W. Peterson. Foreword by Estes Kefauver. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1952. x + 395 pp. Appendix and index. $4.50.) Get access Landon Warner Landon Warner Kenyon College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 39, Issue 4, March 1953, Pages 775–777, https://doi.org/10.2307/1895422 …

  • Murder, Inc., the Story of "The Syndicate"

    Virgil W Peterson, Burton B Turkus et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Criminal Law…1952

    Introduction Dont blame it all on Brooklyn A full mooner starts a chain reaction Song of murder on a holy day National crime: a cartel Out of a rape, a murder mob The almost-assassination of Thomas E. Dewey A war of extermination backfires Ladies night in Murder, Inc. Score one and two for the law Horace Greeley never meant this Mr. Arsenic gets his nameand two more Sociologys stillbirth: the king of the rackets They all make one mistake The man …

  • Gambling

    Estes Kefauver, Virgil W PetersonARTICLEJournal of Criminal Law and…1951

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  • Gambling

    Albert J Reiss, Virgil W PetersonARTICLEStanford Law Review1951

  • Obstacles to Enforcement of Gambling Laws

    Open AccessVirgil W PetersonARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1950Cited by: 1

  • Gambling. Should It Be Legalized

    Virgil W PetersonARTICLEJournal of Criminal Law and…1949

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  • Vitalizing Liquor Control

    Virgil W PetersonARTICLEJournal of Criminal Law and…1949

    The problem of liquor control has plagued the authorities in America ever since colonial times.It is a question of the utmost concern to those interested in suppressing crime

  • Criminal Procedure from Arrest to Appeal

    Virgil W Peterson, Lester Bernhardt OrfieldARTICLEJournal of Criminal Law and…1949

  • The Myth of the Wide-Open Town

    Virgil W PetersonARTICLEJournal of Criminal Law and…1948

  • Facts and Fancies in Crime Prevention

    Virgil W PetersonARTICLEJournal of Criminal Law and…1948

    Mr. Peterson is Operating Director of the Chicago Crime Commission, a position he has held since 1942. For twelve years prior to that time he was with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in which he served as Special Agent in charge of the FBI offices at Milwaukee, St. Louis and Boston. Mr. Peterson is a member of the Illinois Bar and a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law. He received his A.B. from Parsons College, which awarded hi…

  • Crime

    Virgil W Peterson, Hans Von HentigARTICLEJournal of Criminal Law and…1948

  • Why Honest People Steal

    Virgil W PetersonARTICLEJournal of Criminal Law and…1947

    Mr. Peterson is Operating Director of the Chicago Crime Commission, a position he has held since 1942. For twelve years prior to that time he was with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in which he served as Special Agent in charge of the FBI offices at Milwaukee, St. Louis and Boston. Mr. Peterson is a member of the Illinois Bar and a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law. He received his A.B. from Parsons College, which awarded hi…

  • Gambling

    W F Byron, Virgil W PetersonARTICLEJournal of Criminal Law and…1946

  • Chicago's Crime Problem

    Virgil W PetersonARTICLEJournal of Criminal Law and…1945