Criminal Justice

For courses in Introduction to Organized Crime.

Dispelling current myths regarding organized crime, Lyman and Potter’s fourth edition reveals a truer picture of organized crime and criminal activity today.  Providing scholarly treatment and a social perspective, the authors explore the concept of organized crime, the historical foundation for its evolution and development, and the current status of criminal groups in today’s society. Offering timely and respected research, this edition includes a thorough examination of drug trafficking, new sections on emerging organized crime groups, updated case studies, more coverage international groups, updated statistics, graphics and more!

For courses in Introduction to Organized Crime.

Dispelling current myths regarding organized crime, Lyman and Potter’s fourth edition reveals a truer picture of organized crime and criminal activity today.  Providing scholarly treatment and a social perspective, the authors explore the concept of organized crime, the historical foundation for its evolution and development, and the current status of criminal groups in today’s society. Offering timely and respected research, this edition includes a thorough examination of drug trafficking, new sections on emerging organized crime groups, updated case studies, more coverage international groups, updated statistics, graphics and more!

HALLMARK FEATURES

Dispels popular myths regarding organized crime–and provides a more in-depth look at the topic.

• Presents a broad view of organized crime that incorporates more than just ethnically- driven, pop-culture stereotypes.
• Includes coverage of African-American, Mexican, Russian, and Nigerian criminal groups and examines their increasingly important role.
• Discusses terrorism and how terrorist groups are structured more like traditional organized crime groups. 

Incorporates two parallel themes–organized crime consists of many different groups and corrupt individuals in public office, business etc., contribute to the continuation of the problem.

• Provides a framework for examining organized crime in a more critical context. 

Examines organized crime from a social perspective–throughout the text.

• Provides an academic treatment that promotes scholarly thought.
• Uses thematic questions (What is organized crime? Is there really a Mafia? Is terrorism organized crime? Do political machines still exist?) to promote higher-order thinking skills and a critical examination of the topic.

Provides a strong historical foundation–throughout the text.

• Presents the historical foundations for understanding the evolution, development, and current status of organized crime.
• Synthesizes volumes of historical data and archives to present the most salient aspects of the organized crime problem. 

Incorporates current and respected research–throughout the text.

• References information and reports generated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Pennsylvania Crime Commission, the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics and well-known researchers in the field. 

Examines the role of drug trafficking in organized crime–in Chapter 6 and throughout the text.

• Examines how drug trafficking contributes to the proliferation of organized crime groups. 

Offers extensive pedagogy–such as chapter objectives, critical thinking exercises, chapter summaries, key terms, You Decide sections and suggested readings.

• Reinforces chapter concepts and provides class discussion and individual assignment material.

NEW TOPICS–Fully updated materials regarding organized crime such as:

• Organized crime’s emerging groups
• Redefining organized crime
• Drug trafficking cartels
• Chinese organized crime
• Nigerian and Dominican drug traffickers
• Albanian drug smuggling networks
• Organized crime and the Bush’s
• Japanese Yakuza
• Tri-border Area organized crime activities
• Updated case studies
• Updated statistics and graphics

1.      Understanding Organized Crime

2.      Theories of Organized Criminal Behavior

3.      The Evolution of Organized Crime: Urban Beginnings and Major Participants

4.      The Evolution of Organized Crime: Southern Beginnings and Major Participants

5.      The Businesses of Organized Crime

6.      The Illicit Drug Trade

7.      Domestic Organized Crime Groups

8.      A Comparative Perspective

9.      Terrorism as Organized Crime

10.  Organized Crime’s Political and Corporate Alliance

11.  Controlling Organized Crime

REFERENCES 

APPENDIX A: SELECTED PROVISIONS FROM THE 2001 USA PATRIOT ACT 

APPENDIX B: CHRONOLOGY OF WHITE SUPREMACIST DOMESTIC TERRORIST INCIDENTS IN THE 1980s

Organized Crime  (Criminal Justice)

Companion Website - Lyman, 4/E
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Lyman
©2007 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
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Instructor's Manual, 4/E
Lyman
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 50 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131730371 | ISBN-13: 9780131730373
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PowerPoint, 4/E
Lyman
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ISBN-10: 0131730401 | ISBN-13: 9780131730403
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Test Item File, 4/E
Lyman
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 60 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 013173038X | ISBN-13: 9780131730380

Test Item File for BlackBoard/CourseCompass for Organized Crime, 4/E
Lyman & Potter
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ISBN-10: 0138022453 | ISBN-13: 9780138022457

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Lyman
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ISBN-10: 013173041X | ISBN-13: 9780131730410
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/lyman

Allyn & Bacon Digital Media Archive for Criminal Justice, Version 2.0
Allyn & Bacon
©2003 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only | Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 0205380980 | ISBN-13: 9780205380985

Allyn & Bacon Introduction to Criminal Justice Study Site (Open access), 2/E
Allyn & Bacon
©2007 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205493424 | ISBN-13: 9780205493425
URL:  http://www.abintrocriminaljustice.com

Careers in Criminal Justice CD-ROM
Prentice Hall
©2006 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131195131 | ISBN-13: 9780131195134
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CourseCompass (5.0) Instructor Quick Start Guide
Allyn & Bacon & Longman
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205531709 | ISBN-13: 9780205531707

Crime Time Special Edition: Patrolling Terror, 7/E
Barber
©2008 | Prentice Hall | DVD | Instock
ISBN-10: 013615736X | ISBN-13: 9780136157366
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Criminal Justice Simulations, 10/E
Schmalleger
©2009 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0135137888 | ISBN-13: 9780135137888
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Criminal Justice Simulations Brief, CD-ROM
Schmalleger
©2008 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0132252228 | ISBN-13: 9780132252225
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Criminal Justice Systems Chart, 6/E
Prentice Hall
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 1 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131701614 | ISBN-13: 9780131701618
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Criminal Justice in New York, 2004-2005 Update (Valuepack Item Only)
Jones-Brown
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 96 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205440444 | ISBN-13: 9780205440443

Criminal Justice in North Carolina (Valuepack Item Only)
Jackson
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 48 pp | Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 0205440428 | ISBN-13: 9780205440429

Criminal Justice in Ohio, 2004-2005 Update (Valuepack Item Only)
Williams & King
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 48 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 020544041X | ISBN-13: 9780205440412

Criminal Justice in Pennsylvania, 2004-2005 Update (Valuepack item only), 2/E
Misko
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 48 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205437133 | ISBN-13: 9780205437139

Criminal Justice in West Virginia, 2004-2005 Update (Valuepack item only)
Barkan
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 80 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205440436 | ISBN-13: 9780205440436

Criminal Justice, Evaluating Online Resources with Research Navigator, 2004
Payton
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 80 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131844601 | ISBN-13: 9780131844605

Ethics in Criminal Justice, A Scenario Based CD-ROM, 9/E
Prentice Hall
©2007 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 013204398X | ISBN-13: 9780132043984
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Online Resource Guide for Law Enforcement
Dees
©2002 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 288 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130186856 | ISBN-13: 9780130186850
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TIME: Criminal Justice, Special Edition
Time Magazine & Inc.
©2004 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 48 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131174576 | ISBN-13: 9780131174573

Themes of the Times for Criminal Justice (Valuepack Item Only), 2/E
Allyn & Bacon
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 80 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205509959 | ISBN-13: 9780205509959

Themes of the Times for Criminology (Valuepack item only), 2/E
Allyn & Bacon
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 96 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 020551183X | ISBN-13: 9780205511839

Companion Website - Lyman, 4/E
Lyman
©2007 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 013173041X | ISBN-13: 9780131730410
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/lyman

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