Russian Mafia in America

Immigration, Culture and Crime

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11093088
AutoresMagnus Haglunds (autor correspondente), James O Finckenauer (0000-0001-6580-5748), ELIN J WARING, ELIN WARING
Ano2000
Volume29
Fascículo3
Páginas551
Data de publicação2000-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoContemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2653980
OpenAlexW1967713397
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24

Does a Mafia really exist? This text seeks to answer that question by examining the intricate history of Russian organized crime in both its homeland and the United States. It investigates in detail such topics as the characteristics of the Russian criminal tradition of vory v zakone (thieves-in-law), contemporary Russian mobs, criminal activity among Russian immigrants, claims of KGB involvement in American crime, and connections between the crime bosses and gangsters in both countries. Drawing on research conducted in co-operation with the Tri-State Joint Soviet-emigre Organized Crime Project as well as on privileged access to confidential information, the authors focus on criminal networks in the New York - New Jersey - Pennsylvania area. They also report on a nationwide survey of law enforcement agencies and examine major criminal cases, notably Russian participation with Cosa Nostra families in bootleg gasoline schemes

Criminology · Illegal immigrants · Immigration · Organised crime · Political science · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law