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The history of organized crime: from Al Capone to John Gotti. The role of the Mafia in the United States and Sicily.

Chronicles the life of Joseph Massino, head of the Bonanno crime family, focusing on his illegal activities, criminal empire, and the impact his capture had on the mob.

Discusses how the development of new technologies helped improve crime control during Prohibition and the Depression, and discusses how the police had to deal with problems they had never encountered, including interstate criminals, powerful gangsters, machine guns, cars, and organized crime.

Michael Corleone, youngest son of crime boss Vito Corleone and reigning Don of the Corleone Family, returns from exile in Sicily intending to take over the family organization; however, he must first face his main adversary, Nick Geraci, who worked as a Corleone street enforcer and is every bit as deadly as Michael.

While master thief Rinslet works on a relationship with an old enemy, Train Heartnet, who left his life as an assassin to become a bounty hunter, is forced to face his past when he becomes involved with a troubled boy who just lost his parents.

Chronicles the history of organized crime in the U.S., explaining what organized crime is and how it works, and examining the methods used by law enforcement officials in their efforts to combat organized crime.

When seventeen-year-old Rosa Alcantara travels from her native Brooklyn to her ancestral home in Sicily, she falls head over heels for Alessandro Carnevare, whose family is the sworn enemy of hers, and must confront both of their families' criminal--and paranormal--pasts.

Tsuna, an awkward junior high student who is not good at academics or sports, meets Reborn, a gun-weilding toddler assassin whose mission is to turn Tsuna into a mafia boss, while the beautiful Bianchi tries to seduce Reborn.

Catwoman takes a vacation in Italy, where she tangles with the Falcone crime family and Batman's foes and finds herself in a catfight with Cheetah.

A historical overview of the Mafia subculture in America that discusses their origins and philosophy, and provides a time line, biographical sketches of significant individuals affiliated with the group, and primary source documents.

Chronicles the origins and evolution of five of America's most powerful Mafia families.

Thomas Reppetto discusses the people and activities over the last fifty years used in the United States to stop and slow down the activities of the mafia.