Organized Crime

By Ronald D. Lankford

This essential volume presents extracts and analysis of court decisions dealing with organized crime in the United States. Major rulings are explained, then majority and dissenting opinions are shared. Legal experts also analyze the lasting impact of each ruling. Readers will learn about removing organized crimes from unions, and its relationship to the international drug trade. Another ruling relates to allowing preventative detention of the accused. The last case is about an organized crime boss on trial.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737741805
• ISBN13: 9780737741803
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12