Author Visit: Organized Crime in Chicago

Dr. Robert M. Lombardo discusses his latest crime book about Chicago in the large meeting room at the Niles Public Library on Wed., May 8, at 7pm.

Recently published by the University of Illinois Press, Dr. Lombardo’s Organized Crime in Chicago questions the prevailing view that organized crime can be traced directly to the Sicilian Mafia and explains its development as linked to political machines.

A thirty-five year police veteran and sociologist, Dr. Lombardo is a professor of criminology and criminal justice and a member of the Graduate Faculty at Loyola University in Chicago. He served thirty years with the Chicago Police Department and five years as the Deputy Chief of the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department.

Registration for this Chicago Authors program is recommended by calling the Niles Public Library at 847-663-1234 or online at nileslibrary.org/calendar.