Abstract
Professor Ernesto Savona argues that it is important to view organized crime from different ranges and perspectives. Each perspective is unique and thus contributes differently to the total understanding of organized crime, and yet no one is so important as to replace the others. It is important to examine individual trees as well as to appreciate the forest. In the end, different perspectives are needed to present a thorough understanding of any criminal organizations or illicit enterprising activities. While I am still trying to find a good pair of spectacles, so to speak, to examine my data, I have become keenly aware of the limitations in the current research on Chinese organized crime in North America.
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Figures obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau at http://factfinder.census.gov/.
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Survey statistics can be retrieved at http://www.census.gov/acs/www/.
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Zhang, S. (2014). A Bird’s Eye View on Chinese Organized Crime in North America. In: Caneppele, S., Calderoni, F. (eds) Organized Crime, Corruption and Crime Prevention. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01839-3_31
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