Gangland Australia

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Publisher Place: Carlton
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: Reprint

Description: 388 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The Definitive History Of The Rise And Rise Of The Australian Criminal Classes. They're All Here, From Squizzy Taylor To Tony Mokbel.

Publishers Description: A comprehensive investigation of organized crime in Australia, this study discusses the entire history of crime on the continentfrom the forgeries and robberies of early convicts to the recent gangland slayings in Melbourne. Famous faces of Australian crime, such as Squizzy Taylor and Sydneys East Coast Milieu, along with the con men, robbers, drug dealers, and hoodlums are featured. An examination of the role police officers, lawyers, and politicians have played and their attempts to curb criminal activities, is also included.

ISBN: 9780522852738