Double Crossed: The Failure of Organized Crime Control by Michael Woodiwiss (Eng

Description: Double Crossed by Michael Woodiwiss Reveals how governments and the wider establishment copy the practices of organised crime groups in order to control them FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In the United States, the popular symbols of organised crime are still Depression-era figures such as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and Meyer Lansky - thought to be heads of giant, hierarchically organised mafias. In Double Crossed, Michael Woodiwiss challenges perpetuated myths to reveal a more disturbing reality of organised crime - one in which government officials and the wider establishment are deeply complicit.Delving into attempts to implement policies to control organised crime in the US, Italy and the UK, Woodiwiss reveals little-known manifestations of organised crime among the political and corporate establishment. A follow up to his 2005 Gangster Capitalism, Woodiwiss broadens and brings his argument up to the present by examining those who constructed and then benefited from myth making. These include the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, opportunistic American politicians and officials and, more recently, law enforcement bureaucracies, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Organised crime control policies now tend to legitimise repression and cover-up failure. They do little to control organised crime. While the US continues to export its organised crime control template to the rest of the world, opportunities for successful criminal activity proliferate at local, national and global levels, making successful prosecutions irrelevant. Author Biography Michael Woodiwiss is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of the West of England. He has written extensively on organised, corporate, and state crime. His books include Double Crossed (Pluto, 2017), Organized Crime and American Power (University of Toronto Press, 2001) and Gangster Capitalism (Constable, 2005). Table of Contents Acknowledgements Preface Part I: Dumbing Down: The Construction of an Acceptable Understanding of Organized CrimeIntroduction 1. The Rise and Fall of Muckraking Business Criminality 2. Americas Moral Crusade and the Making of Illegal Markets Inset 1: The Origins of Mafia Mythology in America 3. Charles G. Dawes and the Molding of Public Opinion on Organized Crime 4. Al Capone as Public Enemy Number 15. Al Capone and the Business of CrimeInset 2: The Legends and Lives of Al Capone and Eliot Ness6. Americanizing Mussolinis Phony War against the Mafia7. Organized Crime in a Fascist State8. Gangbusting and Propaganda 9. Thomas E. Dewey and the Greatest Gangster in America10. From Gangbusters to Murder Inc. Part II: Lies about Criminals: Constructing an Acceptable History of Organized Crime Introduction1. The Genesis of the Atlantic City Conference Legend 2. Consolidating the Conference Legend 3. The Purge that Wasnt4. The US Governments History of Organized CrimeInset 3: Lucky Luciano and a Life in Exile Part III: Covering up Failure: Constructing an Acceptable Response to Organized CrimeIntroduction1. Mafia Mythology and the Federal Response 2. President Richard Nixon and Organized Crime Control 3. Challenging the Orthodoxy 4. Sustaining and Updating Mafia Mythology5. From Super-Government to Super-Governments: The Pluralist Revision of Organized Crime 6. The Origins of the Anti-Money Laundering RegimeInset 4: Meyer Lansky and the Origins of Money Laundering History7. Informants, Liars and Paranoiacs 8. Seizing Assets to Fund the Crime War 9. Drug Prohibition and the Prison Gang Phenomenon10. Organized Business Crime: The Elephant in the Room11. Deregulation and the Rise of Corporate Fraud12. Fraud and the Financial Meltdown 13. Hiding the Failure of Organized Crime Control 14. Repression as Organized Crime Control Part IV: Selling Failure: Setting the Global Agenda on Drugs, Organized Crime and Money Laundering Introduction1. Losing Corporate Criminality from Transnational Crime2. Building Capacity 3. Americanizing the British Drug Control System4. Dumbing Down the International Response to Drugs and Organized Crime5. Repression, Profits and Slaughter: The United States in Colombia and Mexico6. The Atlantic Alliance as a Money Laundry EpilogueNotesIndex Review Mike Woodiwiss has dedicated his career to unpacking the often toxic packaging surrounding the concept of organized crime. In Double Crossed, he focusses on the myths of organized crime, its social, economic and legal constructions and, most importantly, the architects and beneficiaries of this myth making -- Professor Dick Hobbs, Author of Lush Life: Constructing Organized Crime in the UKAs one of the foremost thinkers on organized crime, Mike Woodiwiss rarely disappoints. In this book, he is on great form -- Kristofer Allerfeldt, University of Exeter, Author of Crime and the Rise of Modern America: A History 1865-1941Brings solid historical evidence and analysis to the task of refuting conventional wisdom that prefers to see organized crime as something external from our capitalistic political, economic and social systems -- Margaret Beare, author of Critical Reflections on Transnational Organized Crime, Money Laundering and Corruption (2003) Review Quote "Woodiwiss once again brings solid historical evidence and analysis to the task of refuting conventional wisdom that prefers to see organized crime as something external from our capitalistic political, economic and social systems. The importance of his work is not merely to set the record straight but also to warn against the dangers of continuing to target easily identifiable, often foreign, targets while leaving exploitive corporate and political interests intact." Details ISBN0745332021 Author Michael Woodiwiss Publisher Pluto Press Year 2017 ISBN-10 0745332021 ISBN-13 9780745332024 Format Hardcover Imprint Pluto Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 364.1060973 Subtitle The Failure of Organized Crime Control Pages 304 Short Title Double Crossed Language English UK Release Date 2017-06-20 Publication Date 2017-06-20 AU Release Date 2017-06-20 NZ Release Date 2017-06-20 Alternative 9780745332017 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161821902;

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