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About the Author JAMES B. JACOBS is Warren E. Burger Professor of Law and Director, Center for Research in Crime and Justice, New York University School of Law. A lawyer/sociologist, Jacobs writes widely on criminal justice topics including prisons, corruption, hate crime, and organized crime. This book is the fourth volume in a long-term research project to document and analyze the status of organized crime and organized crime control in the last quarter of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century. Each volume stands on its own, offering a particular perspective on different facets of Cosa Nostra’s political and economic power and the government’s post-1970s criminal and civil remedial efforts. 320 ...

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