On the Take, Second Edition - From Petty Crooks to Presidents

Chambliss shows how local crime networks are connected to national business and political interests in a shocking expose of crime, business, and politics in America.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One You Can Get Anything You Want if You've Got the Bread
Chapter Two Being in the Business of Vice
Chapter Three Profits and Payoffs
Chapter Four The Crime Network
Chapter Five Maintaining Control
Chapter Six The Network Comes Apart
Chapter Seven The Higher Circles
Chapter Eight The Enemy Is Us
Notes
Appendixes

About the author

William J. Chambliss

Product details

• Authors: William J Chambliss, William J. Chambliss
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1988
• EAN: 9780253202987
• ISBN: 978-0-253-20298-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education