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Reveals how governments and the wider establishment copy the practices of organised crime groups in order to control them
'Mike Woodiwiss has dedicated his career to unpacking the often toxic packaging surrounding the concept of organized crime. In Double Crossed, he focusses on the myths of organized crime, its social, economic and legal constructions and, most importantly, the architects and beneficiaries of this myth making'
'As one of the foremost thinkers on organized crime, Mike Woodiwiss rarely disappoints. In this book, he is on great form'
'Brings solid historical evidence and analysis to the task of refuting conventional wisdom that prefers to see organized crime as something external from our capitalistic political, economic and social systems'
Michael Woodiwiss is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of the West of England. He has written extensively on organised, corporate, and state crime. His books include Double Crossed (Pluto, 2017), Organized Crime and American Power (University of Toronto Press, 2001) and Gangster Capitalism (Constable, 2005).