WHAT IS THE BUSINESS OF ORGANIZED CRIME? (FROM CRIME SOCIETY - ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION IN AMERICA, 1976, BY F A J IANNI, AND E REUSS-IANNI - SEE NCJ-38622)

• NCJ Number: 38625
• Author(s): T C SCHELLING
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: New American Library
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

IN THIS PAPER, THE AUTHOR MAKES THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE COMMONLY HELD DEFINITION OF ORGANIZED CRIME AS A SPECIFICALLY ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE AND HIS OWN WHICH HOLDS THAT IT IS A MONOPOLY MAINTAINED THROUGH EXTORTION.

Abstract

METHODS OF MAINTAINING AND BREAKING UP THE MONOPOLY ARE DESCRIBED.