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Author Woodiwiss, Michael.

Title Crime, crusades, and corruption : prohibitions in the United States, 1900-1987 / Michael Woodiwiss.

Publication Info. Totowa, N.J. : Barnes & Noble Books, 1988.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  364.1 W891C    Check Shelf
Description ix, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Contents pt. 1. Losing the war against liquor, 1920-1934: Making crime pay -- The dangers of enforcement -- The fall of Al Capone -- The end of one prohibition -- pt. 2. Crusades and corruption in the cities, 1930-1950: New York gangbusters -- Chicago: corrupt and content -- Los Angeles: city of fallen angels -- Post-war perfidy -- pt. 3. Distracting from failure, 1945- : Blaming aliens -- The Kefauver crime show -- Prolonging the crusade -- pt. 4. The final phase: drugs, crime and politics, 1960- : Expansion -- Perpetuation.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Crimes without victims -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Police corruption -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Political corruption -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Organized crime -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Moral conditions.
ISBN 0389207969
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