Loyola’s Department of Criminal Justice
Hosts Panel on Chicago Mob
The
Mob and the City: Examining the Outfit’s Origins and Dominance in Chicago
The Outfit surfaced on the streets of Chicago in the 1890s.
As a modest enterprise that consisted mainly of prostitution and gambling, the
criminal organization rose to become a political and economic powerhouse that
ran local, regional, and national labor unions. Today, the Outfit still remains
a formidable criminal organization in the city of Chicago
Panel members and their discussion topics include:
·
“A Few
Truths about Wise Guys and the Outfit” - Arthur J. Lurigio, PhD, professor,
faculty scholar, associate dean of College of Arts and Science at Loyola, associate
dean for faculty at Loyola, and author of A
Century of Domination: The History of the Chicago Outfit
- “Explaining Organized Crime: The
Social Structural Paradigm” - Robert M. Lombardo, PhD, assistant
professor of criminal justice at Loyola and author of The Black Hand: Terror by Letter in Chicago
·
“From
Acorns to Oak Trees: The Chicago Mob in Infancy” - Arthur J. Bilek, MSW,
executive vice president of the Chicago Crime Commission, instructor of
criminal justice at Loyola, and author of The
First Vice Lord, Big Jim Colosimo and the Ladies of the Levy and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
·
“Investigating
Mob Murders in Chicago: A Local Perspective” - Wayne Johnson, EdD,
associate professor, program coordinator at Harper College, and co-author of New Faces of Organized Crime
·
“Bringing Down the Outfit: The FBI’s Investigation of
Organized Crime Chicago”
Ross Rice, special agent and public affairs director of the Chicago FBI
Ross Rice, special agent and public affairs director of the Chicago FBI
“This panel represents the first time that local experts on the Outfit have been on the same rostrum for the purpose of examining organized crime from a political, historical, sociological, and law enforcement perspective,” according to panel organizer and chairperson Dr. Lurigio. “Such an interdisciplinary approach provides a broad and informed view of the origins and adverse effects of organized crime on the city, which have been extensive and profound. The discussion will confront many myths about organized crime and peel away the layers of mystery and mythology that have surrounded the mob for the past century. Hence, the discussion will be instructive and interesting to students and members of the general public alike.”
About Loyola University Chicago
Committed to preparing people to
lead extraordinary lives, Loyola University Chicago, founded in 1870, is the
nation’s largest Jesuit, Catholic university. Enrollment is more than 15,800
students, which includes more than 10,000 undergraduates hailing from all 50
states and 82 countries. The University has four campuses: three in the greater
Chicago area and one in Rome , Italy U.S.
host university to The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies in Beijing , China
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