Early Organized Crime in Detroit: Vice, Corruption and the Rise of the Mafia - Paperback

by James Buccellato (Author)

Social scientist and crime writer James A. Buccellato explores Detroit's struggle with gang violence, public corruption and the politics of vice during the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century.

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Author Biography

James Buccellato, PhD, is senior lecturer of political science at the Irvin D. Reid Honors College at Wayne State University. James researches and writes about the politics of crime and his work appears in peer-reviewed journals, crime anthologies and national news websites. A lifelong Detroiter, James teaches courses about the city and has been fascinated by his family's history in Sicily and Detroit since he was a child.