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No Haven is a fascinating and gripping account of a little known segment of the mob. Paul Bleakley 's research is top drawer. I highly recommend his book. --Jeffrey Sussman, author of Tinseltown Gangsters, Sin City Gangsters, Boxing and the Mob, and Big Apple Gangsters Told as a narrative history, No Haven recounts a century of mob infiltration in New Haven, Connecticut by organized crime families from neighboring states. New Haven has a legacy of mob involvement stemming from overlapping organized crime influences from surrounding New York City, Providence, and Boston. Using three major mobsters from the Genovese, Profaci, and Patriarca families as prime examples, this book offers a fascinating look into how multiple illicit activities produced self-interest, occasional allies, and sometimes brutal murder. At its core, this is the story of a city that suffered for many decades from the impact of organized crime. --Jay S. Albanese, Wilder School of Government & Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University; former chief, International Center at the National Institute of Justice; author of Organized Crime from the Mob to Transnational Organized Crime and Transnational Crime in the 21st Century

Told as a narrative history, No Haven recounts a century of mob infiltration in New Haven, Connecticut by organized crime families from neighboring states. New Haven has a legacy of mob involvement stemming from overlapping organized crime influences from surrounding New York City, Providence, and Boston. Using three major mobsters from the Genovese, Profaci, and Patriarca families as prime examples, this book offers a fascinating look into how multiple illicit activities produced self-interest, occasional allies, and sometimes brutal murder. At its core, this is the story of a city that suffered for many decades from the impact of organized crime. --Jay S. Albanese

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Paul Bleakley is assistant professor of Criminal Justice and University Research Scholar at the University of New Haven. He is vice chair of the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Historical Criminology. Paul has worked at universities in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Before entering academia, he worked as a journalist in both London and Sydney. He is the author of several books on historical crime, including Under a Bad Sun (2021) and The Australian Gamble (2023).

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