Busting The Mob : The United States Vs. Cosa Nostra - 94 edition

Jacobs, James B. : New York University

James B. Jacobs is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Research in Crime and Justice at New York University. Among his books are Drunk Driving and Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry.

"John Gotti's downfall is one of the five major criminal and civil cases cited in Busting the Mob which illustrate the grand strategy devised by the Federal Government to cripple, if not destroy, America's entrenched Mafia groups. . . Jacobs believes it is premature to prepare an obituary for America's Mob families."

--Times Literary Supplement

"In Busting the Mob, Jacobs proves that sound historical and analytical criminology are not incompatible with entertaining-- often gripping--narrative."

--Freda Adler Rutgers University

"The most definitive analysis of the government's war against the mob...Superb."

--Frederick T. Martens, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Crime Commission

"Busting the Mob by Jim Jacobs is both enlightening and entertaining. It is immensely refreshing that at long last scholarship, as distinct from sensationalism, comes to the analysis of Organized Crime--and scholarship with a sprightly style."

--Norval Morris, Professor of Law and Criminology, University of Chicago

"Busting the Mob is a must read on organized crime for academics, prosecutors, and concerned citizens, in particular because it includes the text of primary material: indictments, trial testimony, etc."

--G. Robert Blakey, Professor, Notre Dame Law School and author of RICO, the federal anti-racketeering statue

"For those non-believers who refuse to acknowledge the chicanery engaged in by the mob, Busting the Mob makes a compelling case. . . . The most definitive analysis of the government's war against the mob. A superb piece of research."

--Frederick T. Martens, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Crime Commission

New York University Press Web Site, January, 2001