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The Mexican Mafia
Encounter Books 2007; US$ 17.95It has been called the most dangerous gang in American history. In Los Angeles alone it is responsible for over 100 homicides per year. Although it has fewer than 300 members, it controls a 40,000-strong street army that is eager to advance its agenda. It waves the flag of the Black Hand and its business is murder. Although known on the streets for... more...
Street Soldier
Steerforth Press 2010; US$ 14.95For decades the FBI let James “Whitey” Bulger get away with murder, allowing him continued control of his criminal enterprise in exchange for information. He went on the lam in 1995 and today follows top-ranked Osama bin Laden on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List. Edward J. MacKenzie, Jr. was a drug dealer and enforcer who would... more...
Zwischen Terrorismus und Politik - Sinn Féin im Wandel
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 35.59Der Name Sinn Féin wird gemeinhin grob mit dem Nordirlandkonflikt, beziehungsweise der IRA assoziiert. Dem Fokus des Betrachters entzieht sich dabei leicht, dass die Partei Sinn Féin eine lange Entwicklung hinter sich hat. Das Prädikat "politischer Arm der IRA" umschreibt die vielen Facetten in ihrer Geschichte nur sehr unscharf. Dieses Buch zeichnet... more...
Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead
Hawthorne Books 2010; US$ 15.95Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead is Frank Meeink?s raw telling of his descent into America?s Nazi underground and his ultimate triumph over drugs and hatred. Frank?s violent childhood in South Philadelphia primed him to hate, while addiction made him easy prey for a small group of skinhead gang recruiters. By 16 he had become one of the most... more...
Prodigal Father, Pagan Son
St. Martin's Press 2011; US$ 15.99By the time he was thirteen, he already had attended thirteen funerals. Abandoned by his mother, and with his father, ?Mangy? Menginie?president of the Pagans Motorcycle Club, Philadelphia chapter?in jail, Anthony ?LT? Menginie is raised inside the Pagans and inducted into a life of sex, violence, drugs, and organized crime. ... more...
Terrorismus in der Bundesrepublik
Campus Verlag 2006; US$ 32.34Hauptbeschreibung Die Kontroverse um die RAF-Ausstellung in Berlin 2005 zeigt, dass die Wunden, die der Terrorismus der 1970er Jahre in unserer Gesellschaft hinterlassen hat, bis heute nicht verheilt sind. Noch ist es zu früh, um schon von einer Historisierung zu sprechen. Die meisten Auseinandersetzungen mit dem Thema sind individueller und biographischer... more...
Gendering Terror
Campus Verlag 2011; US$ 36.65Hauptbeschreibung Dass Frauen in linksterroristischen Gruppen aktiv waren und den bewaffneten Kampf befürworteten, rief in den 1970er-Jahren massive Verunsicherungen hervor. Dominique Grisard analysiert am Beispiel des Linksterrorismus in der Schweiz vergeschlechtlichte Sicherheitsdiskurse, die das Phänomen Terrorismus mit der "pervertierten" Emanzipation... more...
Freedom and Terror
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 138.00This book examines reason and unreason in the legal and political responses to terrorism. Terrorism is often perceived as sheer madness, unreasonable use of extreme violence and senseless, futile political action. These assertions are challenged by this book. Combining ?traditional? thought (by Kaplan) on reason and unreason in terrorism with... more...
Criminologists on Terrorism and Homeland Security
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 102.00This volume presents 19 original essays addressing issues surrounding terrorism from the unique perspective of criminology. more...
The Last Godfathers
St. Martin's Press 2009; US$ 7.99The Last Godfathers charts the spectacular rise and the fall of one of the richest and most powerful criminal organizations in history, the Sicilian mafia?s Corleone clan. From humble origins in the town of Corleone, they manipulated the Cosa Nostra?s code of honor?deceiving and bludgeoning to the summit of the secret brotherhood, purging rivals... more...









