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Gangs, Drugs & Organized Crime: The ConnectionGANGS, DRUGS & ORGANIZED CRIME: THE CONNECTION
©2004 Softcover 110 pp. (5 1/2" x 8 1/2")
ISBN: 1-930-466-23-4
List $19.99

Description
This book is an easy to read overview of the connection between Gangs, Drugs and Organized Crime. This book is interesting reading particularly for officers and students who aspire to work special assignments dealing with organized crime, narcotics and/or gang units.

Contents
Chapter 1  Organized Crime Defined
Chapter 2  History of the War on Drugs
Chapter 3  How Easy It Is
Chapter 4  The Beginning of Traditional Organized Crime
Chapter 5  Jamaican Organized Crime (Posse)
Chapter 6  Southeast Asian Criminal Organizations (Vietnamese)
Chapter 7  Japanese (Yakusza) and Korean Organized Crime
Chapter 8  Chinese Organized Crime
Chapter 9  Russian Organized Crime
Chapter 10  YACS (Yugoslavia, Albania, Croatia and Serbia)
Chapter 11  Latin American Drug Groups, Syndicates and Cartels
Chapter 12  Mexico and the Caribbean
Chapter 13  Nigerian Confidence Schemes and Other Crimes
Chapter 14  Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
Chapter 15  Organized Prison Gangs
Chapter 16  The Nexus of Street Gangs to Organized Crime
Chapter 17  Major Criminal Intelligence Networks and Resources

Author(s)
George Rush,  Ph.D.: Dr. Rush received his Ph.D. in Government from Claremont Graduate School. His currently a Professor Emeritus at Californian State University, Long Beach in the Department of Criminal Justice, Internship and Correctional Environments. He is a member of the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime, Western Society of Criminology, American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Dr. Rush is the author of more than a dozen books of various aspects of criminal justice.

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