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The Mafia Encyclopedia 2005

# 510 pages
# Publisher: Checkmark Books; 3 edition (June 30, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0816056951
# ISBN-13: 978-0816056958

In The Mafia Encyclopedia, Third Edition, Carl Sifakis once again provides a fascinating survey of the mob s most influential perpetrators and personalities, including their hangouts and hideaways, their plays for power, their schemes and crimes, and their unique culture and jargon. More than 100 illustrations, nearly 500 entries, and a chronology bust the Mafia myths and provide an unflinching look at the brutal, sin-laden, and bizarre culture and characters of organized crime

More than 50 new entries include:

* Chinese Mafia
* Construction rackets
* Death penalty for godfathers
* "FBI badfellas"
* Peter Gotti
* Hells Angels
* "Lovefellas"
* Joseph C. Massino
* Prison gangs and the Mafia
* Russian Mafia
* Stock geniuses
* Yakuza