TY - BOOK ID - 5448772 TI - Philadelphia's 'Black mafia' : a social and political history PY - 2003 SN - 1402013116 140201421X 0306481324 PB - Dordrecht, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Kluwer Academic Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - African American criminals KW - Organized crime KW - History. KW - Black Mafia KW - Social sciences. KW - Anthropology. KW - Criminology. KW - Sociology. KW - Social Sciences. KW - Criminology & Criminal Justice. KW - Sociology, general. KW - Criminology and Criminal Justice, general. KW - Human beings KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences KW - Crime KW - Criminals KW - Study and teaching KW - Crime syndicates KW - Organised crime KW - Afro-American criminals KW - Criminals, African American KW - Negro criminals UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5448772 AB - Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia' could be used as primary reading in deviance and organized crime courses. Academicians in the fields of criminology, sociology, history, political science and African-American Studies will find the book compelling and important. This book provides the first sociological analysis to date of Philadelphia's infamous "Black Mafia" which has organized crime (with varying degrees of success) in predominantly African-American sections of the city dating back to the late 1960's. Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia': -is a first step in developing both data and sophisticated theoretical propositions germane to the ongoing study of organized crime; -uses primary source documents, including confidential law enforcement files, court transcripts and interviews; -explores the group's activities in detail, depicting some of the most notorious crimes in Philadelphia's history; -thoroughly examines the organization of the Black Mafia and the group's alliances, conspiracies and conflicts; -challenges many of the current historical and theoretical assumptions regarding organized crime. ER -