The growth of racketeering

Bibliographic Data

ID2160009
AuthorsMary Mcintosh
Year1973
Volume2
Issue1
Pages35-69
Publication date1973-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomy and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-5147 • E-ISSN: 1469-5766
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03085147300000002
OpenAlexW2029625446
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited18

To understand why racketeering flourishes in the United States in a way that it does not elsewhere we need to understand how it differs from other kinds of professional crime. A model of the developed racket is presented which shows how it depends on relations that have been built up over time with customer-victims and with agencies of law enforcement and how it has an inherently expansive tendency. Three episodes in the history of racketeering in the United States are then discussed to show how (1) the 'machine' system in city politics contributed to the corruption of law-enforcement, (2) Prohibition contributed to monopoly control over markets, and (3) labour racketeering contributed to ruling-class acquiescence to organized crime

Criminology · Economics · Expansive · Extortion · Language change · Law enforcement · Monopoly · Organised crime · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Law

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub