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The U. S. Senate Crime Committee which concluded its hearings in 1951 found that gambling profits are the principal support of big-time racketeering and gangsterism in this country. From time immemorial, the major props of the under world have been gambling and vice. Obviously, the effective enforcement of laws intended to curb such commercialized illegal activities will go far in crippling the power of organized crime, a power which has grown to menacing proportions in many places.
The need for a great improvement in law enforcement methods in many of our large municipalities is quite apparent from official records which reflect but an infinitesimal number of convictions and jail sentences out of thousands of cases brought into court. This situation, which has materially con tributed to the growth of organized crime in America, is not attributable solely to police failure. The forces arrayed against the police in many communities make it virtually impossible for officers of the law to effectively combat the racketeering elements. But the primary responsibility for the suppression of all rackets necessarily rests with the police - a responsibility that can never be avoided regardless of the handicaps under which law enforcement officers may sometimes be required to work.
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The U. S. Senate Crime Committee which concluded its hearings in 1951 found that gambling profits are the principal support of big-time racketeering and gangsterism in this country. From time immemorial, the major props of the under world have been gambling and vice. Obviously, the effective enforcement of laws intended to curb such commercialized illegal activities will go far in crippling the power of organized crime, a power which has grown to menacing proportions in many places.
The need for a great improvement in law enforcement methods in many of our large municipalities is quite apparent from official records which reflect but an infinitesimal number of convictions and jail sentences out of thousands of cases brought into court. This situation, which has materially con tributed to the growth of organized crime in America, is not attributable solely to police failure. The forces arrayed against the police in many communities make it virtually impossible for officers of the law to effectively combat the racketeering elements. But the primary responsibility for the suppression of all rackets necessarily rests with the police - a responsibility that can never be avoided regardless of the handicaps under which law enforcement officers may sometimes be required to work.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0282824928
- ISBN 13 9780282824921
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages266
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