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Detroit's Own Certified Gang Specialist with James Buccellato

Episode Summary

This week on the show, we have a very special guest, James Buccellato, PhD. James is a criminologist and faculty member in the Irvin D. Reid Honors College at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. His book, Early Organized Crime in Detroit: Vice, Corruption and the Rise of the Mafia explores Detroit’s struggle with gang violence, public corruption, and the politics of vice during the tumultuous first half of the 20th century and includes rarely published images from the era. James is a certified gang specialist with the National Gang Crime Research Center in Chicago, IL. He also co-hosts the popular true-crime podcast "Original Gangsters." We ask James what his favorite true-crime story is, what a certified gang specialist means, and more! Tune in now on Apple, Spotify, and Amazon.  James' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-buccellato-569b2492 James' Website: https://jbuccellato.com/ Original Gangsters podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/original-gangsters-a-true-crime-talk-podcast/id1467014230

Episode Notes

This week on the show, we have a very special guest, James Buccellato, PhD. James is a criminologist and faculty member in the Irvin D. Reid Honors College at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. His book, Early Organized Crime in Detroit: Vice, Corruption and the Rise of the Mafia explores Detroit’s struggle with gang violence, public corruption, and the politics of vice during the tumultuous first half of the 20th century and includes rarely published images from the era.

James is a certified gang specialist with the National Gang Crime Research Center in Chicago, IL. He also co-hosts the popular true-crime podcast "Original Gangsters."

We ask James what his favorite true-crime story is, what a  certified gang specialist means, and more! Tune in now on Apple, Spotify, and Amazon. 

James' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-buccellato-569b2492
James' Website: https://jbuccellato.com/
Original Gangsters podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/original-gangsters-a-true-crime-talk-podcast/id1467014230