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- Title
INDIRECT CONTROL OF ORGANIZED CRIME THROUGH LIQUOR LICENSE PROCEDURE.
- Authors
Gaynor, Malcolm M.
- Abstract
This article discusses indirect control of organized crime through liquor license procedure in the U.S. Since gambling is the life blood of organized crime, any method through which gambling can be combatted is of great importance to law enforcement officials. In order for large gambling establishments to operate successfully, they usually have to provide for the service of intoxicating liquor to their patrons. Observation of legalized gambling casinos in Nevada discloses that operators consider liquor a stimulant to gambling inasmuch as it is distributed free to patrons. It should be noted, however, that liquor is a detriment to some types of gambling. For example, in the case of horse parlors the patrons have sufficient interest in the gambling itself that consumption of liquor serves only to intensify dissatisfaction in the losing inebriate. Basically, there are two ways in which the liquor license procedure can be used to attack gambling: the first, is by seeking revocation of the license; the other method is to employ the procedure with a view to putting the illegal enterprise itself out of business.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ORGANIZED crime; GAMBLING &; crime; LIQUORS; LICENSE system; LICENSES; CRIMINAL law; LAW enforcement
- Publication
Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology & Police Science, 1958, Vol 49, Issue 1, p65
- ISSN
0022-0205
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1140534