Hamm, Richard F. “Prohibition Started Organized Crime.” In Prohibition's Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth About America's Anti-Alcohol Crusade, edited by Michael Lewis and Richard F. Hamm. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2020.
Organized crime predated Prohibition, which enlarged and transformed illicit markets.
Richard F. Hamm, “Prohibition Started Organized Crime,” in Prohibition's Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth About America's Anti-Alcohol Crusade, ed. Michael Lewis and Richard F. Hamm (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2020), PDF sheets 105–108.
Richard F. Hamm, “Prohibition Started Organized Crime,” in Prohibition's Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth About America's Anti-Alcohol Crusade, ed. Michael Lewis and Richard F. Hamm (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2020), PDF sheets 105–108.
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Hamm, “Prohibition Started Organized Crime,” PDF sheets 105–108.
Myth 6 — Crime before and during Prohibition
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