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Richard C. Lindberg

Gangland Chicago

2015

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CHAPTER 8. GANGS BECOMING NATIONS, 1950–1989 S. 283-316

„… on street-gang activity in recent years, the Chicago Crime Commission asserts that “Gaylords” is an …” „… Perkins noted a marked difference between benign gang activity in the 1940s and 1950s and the chronic …” „… 2 8 3GANGS BECOMING NATIONS, 1950–19898A generation of young men returning from the battlefields …”

CHAPTER 7. SCHOOLS FOR CRIME S. 255-282

„… white ethnics but were made to endure the same paroxysms of violent crime and gang activity as the …” „… gang activity changed markedly in New York beginning in the late 1940s and into the 1950s with large …” „… Great Depression. “Chicago will no longer know gangs in the form we have known them for the last ten …”

CHAPTER 3. GANGS OF THE SOUTH SIDE: POLITICS, PATRONAGE, AND BARE-KNUCKLE BOYOS, 1860–1930 S. 77-112

„… gang activity during a five-year period from 2009 to 2014. Gentrification and slum clearance has done …” „… 7 7GANGS OF THE SOUTH SIDE: POLITICS, PATRONAGE, AND BARE-KNUCKLE BOYOS, 1860–19303By 1870 Chicago …” „… Tribune reported on December 29, 1863. By 1867 the earliest known street gang had formed on Ashland Avenue …”

CHAPTER 4. MAXWELL STREET, THE WEST SIDE TERROR DISTRICT, 1860–1930 S. 113-0

„… - growing violent crime activity during a thirty-year period, 1890–1920, not all West Side gang boys …” „… activity. William Scully, aka “Scully de Robber,” and his boy gang first came to police attention in June …” „… arrested market thieves for this kind of dubious activity.Armed with sworn proof of a pattern of systemic …”

CHAPTER 6. THE GANGS OF PROHIBITION-ERA CHICAGO S. 205-254

„… 2 0 5THE GANGS OF PROHIBITION-ERA CHICAGO6Frances E. Willard, president of the National Women’s …” „… head-quarters and a clubhouse of the Market Street Gang, had become a gaudy show palace by Prohibition. O’Malley …” „… of criminal gangs in Chicago battling each other for territorial supremacy in the bootlegging …”

CHAPTER 5. THE GOLD COAST AND THE GANGS: NORTH SIDE AFFLUENCE, LITTLE HELL, AND GANG CRIME, 1860–1930 S. 155-204

„… 1 5 5THE GOLD COAST AND THE GANGS: NORTH SIDE AFFLUENCE, LITTLE HELL, AND GANG CRIME, 1860–19305The …” „… Side (or North Division as it was then called) spawned drunkenness, vice, gambling, street gangs, and …” „… cup that cheers. It was thus that Little Hell began.”3Gangs formed early. Mickey Barry, a tough Irish …”

CHAPTER 2. DOWNTOWN AND NEAR SOUTH: VICTORIAN VICE, GAMBLERS, CARD CHEATS, CHINESE TONGS, AND THE RISE OF CHICAGO’S ORGANIZED CRIME GANGS, 1870–1920 S. 33-76

„… CHICAGO’S ORGANIZED CRIME GANGS, 1870–19202No one was safe from the lawless elements that were set loose in …” „… Chicago after the Civil War. Criminal gangs controlling vice and gam-bling and committing mayhem in the …” „… shield the young from the pernicious forces encircling the Chicago business district. The gangs made a …”

NOTES S. 317-346

„… Gangs. Bristol, IN: Wyn-dham Hall Press, 1994, p. 200.15_493-Lindberg.indb 317 9/16/15 9:21 AM3 1 8 …” „… : VICTORIAN VICE, GAMBLERS, CARD CHEATS, CHINESE TONGS AND THE RISE OF CHICAGO’S ORGANIZED CRIME GANGS …” „… persistent call for sweeping reform, but the entrenched gangs and vice mongers remained largely unaffected …”

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Scott M. Deitche

Hitmen

2022

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Ch14. The Leaders of the Families S. 121-126

„… 121In the aftermath of the Meldish murder, the Purple Gang was once again in the news. Most of the …” „… reports of Meldish’s demise were sprinkled with the old Purple Gang hype and sound bites about how many …” „… murders the Gang com-mitted. But little information was reported regarding the remaining Purple Gang …”

Ch07. .22-Caliber Killers S. 59-74

„… middle of all the activity go-ing on in the underworld, another Purple Gang–linked incident took place.On …” „… . “Almost anyone involved in criminal activity that Chin knew about could be the murderer.”7 Law enforcement …” „… killer, Chin’s death was also featured in numerous stories about the Purple Gang at the time. There was …”

Ch08. The Shopping Spree S. 75-80

„… 75For the Purple Gang in 1975, a vacation in Florida was about more than fun in the sun. It was …” „… New York. Most of the sales went to fellow Gang members and made guys in the Genovese family. And from …” „… underworld. “The Purple Gang does exist in Florida and may be using the state as a base of opera-tions as …”

Ch02. What’s in a Name? S. 11-22

„… were due to law enforcement activity directed at members of the Gang due to their involvement in …” „… Purple Gang.The Gang was described primarily as a “narcotics trafficking group”1 in-volved with the …” „… hyperbole to be sure, but the Gang’s reputation was amplified at every available turn.But even for casual …”

Ch11. A Killing on Thunderboat Row S. 95-106

„… operating in South Florida included Canadian crime families, Jamaican drug posses, outlaw motorcycle gangs …” „… were, a hotbed of drug smuggling.The 1980s were also the halcyon days of Mafia activity in South …” „… who were around South Florida included members of the Purple Gang. In addition to their forays in the …”

Ch13. The Michael Meldish Murder S. 113-120

„… 113A s the 1990s came to a close, Michael Meldish, one of the last remain-ing active Purple Gang …” „… capo in the Gambino family, a family not necessarily associated with the Purple Gang. He had a close …” „… a Purple Gang guy.”4Police arrested Michael Meldish in August 1995 on narcotics and extor-tion …”

Ch01. Origins S. 1-10

„… epicenters of Mafia activity in the Northeast. In 1978, it was stated that East Harlem “has been a breeding …” „… to the police, allowing these criminal gangs to operate with relative impunity. Organized crime in …” „… Rao’s restaurant in the early 1960s.12 There were also a variety of street gangs: “The Spanish Kings …”

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Antonio Nicaso, Marcel Danesi

Made Men

2013

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6 Myth S. 119-136

„… , after unification, having become vigilante police forces fightingrandom bandit gangs that surfaced after …” „… about-face and turned against the very populace it claimed to pro-tect.In sum, criminal gangs justify their …” „… whose main activity was murder-for-hire. A Calabrianlegend, also as previously described, tells of three …”

5 Names S. 97-118

„… money.nayekhat: Denotes the activity of collecting the extortion money.pakhan: The gang leader.panama: The …” „… something in a gang-ster’s character, appearance, or background that is thought to have im-port or …” „… at night.2A gangster is a nobody until he is given a nickname. As Antonio Nicasoand Lee Lemothe aptly …”

2 Honor S. 25-50

„… basis ofboth real-life Mafia activities and, of course, gangster movies, and it wasthe activity that …” „… Hollywood gangster films, is now partof an unconscious mythic tale spun about the Mafia. The Mafia …” „… Mafia code is replete withsymbolism, transforming a mere criminal gang into a self-containedculture …”

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Daryl Johnson

Right-Wing Resurgence

2012

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Chapter 14. Retrospective S. 307-332

„… an individual’s decision to pursue violent criminal activity.I was planning to write several reports …” „… very valuable work at a critical time of heightened threat activity.Seeing no improvement in sight, I …” „… activity.As the 2012 presidential election approaches, nothing that led to the most recent right-wing …”

Chapter 1. The Leak S. 1-24

„… with enforc-ing illegal immigration laws, combating criminal activity by Central American gang members …” „… Depart-ment of Homeland Security (DHS) concerning an alleged resurgence in right-wing extremist activity …” „… extremist-related crimi-nal activity and violent acts as a result of a combination of these factors as well as …”

Chapter 7. Team Leader S. 151-176

„… threats, but also that of domestic Islamic extremists, street gangs, and other criminal organizations that …” „… would also be responsible for handling any requests related to street gangs, such as Mara Salvatrucha 13 …” „… (MS-13), outlaw mo-torcycle gangs, drug trafficking organizations, and other forms of organized …”

Chapter 5. Developing Expertise S. 101-130

„… law enforcement strategies to better counteract criminal activity. He also understood the importance …” „… as alcohol and tobacco diversion, firearms traf-ficking, organized crime, street gangs, and violent …” „… to domestic right-wing extremist criminal activ-ity without the restrictions and confinement of …”

Chapter 9. Gathering Storm S. 195-220

„… activity.The OSINT branch was an extremely valuable resource for I&A, especially my team. As I’ve said before …” „… , although they may be hate groups, they may not be engaging in criminal activity.Much like the FBI and other …” „… activity.Historically, white supremacist rallies attracted around fifteen to twenty par-ticipants. During 2006 and 2007 …”

Notes S. 333-380

„… 30, 1984.17. “Aryan Group, Jail Gangs Linked,” Washington Post, December 18, 1984.18. “National News …” „… . Ibid.98. “Gangs at War against Animal Rights Advocates,” Animal Liberation Front.com, viewed January 29 …” „… Activity in the U.S.,” C-SPAN, Washington Journal, May 2, 2007.32. Ibid.33. Ibid.34. Ibid.35. Ibid.36. Ibid …”

Chapter 10. Four Questions S. 221-246

„… violent activity.Two days after the report was disseminated, on Thursday, April 9, 2009, I ac-companied my …” „… the nationwide fusion center network concerning domestic extremist activity in the United States …” „… information and intel-ligence about a wide range of threats including terrorism, criminal activity, and other …”

Chapter 6. Life at DHS S. 131-150

„… monitoring right-wing terrorist activity.89That afternoon, a law enforcement contact at the Montana All …” „… department’s effort to monitor domestic extremist activity in the United States. The article insinuated that …” „… was titled “Gangs at War against Animal Rights Advocates.”98Upset that another sensitive IAIP document …”

Chapter 3. Right-Wing Extremism in the 1990s S. 45-74

„… criminal activity.Right-wing extremism is also comprised of various extremist movements that fa-vor …” „… right-wing groups engage in activity that is protected by Constitutional guarantees of free speech and …” „… of peaceful, law-abiding right-wing extremists who reject violence and criminal activity. Nonviolent …”

Chapter 12. Validation S. 267-290

„… knowledge of extremist groups, their radical ideology, and their activity.I further stated that “I did not …” „… an upsurge in right-wing extremism recruit-ment and violent radicalization activity in the days just …” „… officer to form the “Gang of Six” or G6—a new nickname created by the I&A analysts who were directly …”

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Malcolm K. Sparrow

The Regulatory Craft

2011

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Part II: The Emergence of Regulatory Craftsmanship S. 79-204

„… teenagers died asvictims of homicide, most of them in the course of gang violence involv-ing firearms. Under …” „… criminal justice agencies andother city services to focus on the problem of youth gang violence. Exten-sive …” „… analysis showed that the population at risk was highly concentratedwithin known gangs, most of whose …”

Part III: The Elusive Art of Risk Control S. 205-278

„… patronage and adhoc political meddling:Execution of laws should be organized as a ministerial activity.The …” „… dependent on the behavior of other gang members. Norwould it provide any basis for determining whether the …” „… ? Headquarters? Per-haps the unit that coordinates and tracks problem-solving activity? Or isit better to leave …”

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