Syndicate women : gender and networks in Chicago organized crime /

"Syndicate Women uncovers a unique historical puzzle: women composed a substantial part of Chicago organized crime in the early 1900s before Prohibition, but during Prohibition, when criminal opportunities increased for men and women, women were largely excluded from organized crime. The US pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Chris M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Temas:
1900-1999
Organized crime > Illinois > Chicago > 20th century.
Female offenders > Illinois > Chicago > 20th century.
Crime organisé > Illinois > Chicago > 20e siècle.
Criminelles > Illinois > Chicago > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Female offenders
Organized crime
Illinois > Chicago
1900s.
chicago.
contemporary social network analysis.
crime bosses.
criminal opportunities.
criminal organizations.
criminology.
female gangsters.
gender based framework.
gender inequality.
general societal issues.
historical methods.
historical puzzle.
non criminal.
organized crime.
profitable crime.
prohibition.
relationships.
territorial.
women.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gender and organized crime
  • Mapping Chicago's organized crime and illicit economies
  • Chicago, crime, and the Progressive Era
  • Syndicate women, 1900-1919
  • Chicago, crime, and the Prohibition Era
  • Syndicate women, 1920-1933
  • The case for syndicate women.

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