Historical Perspectives on Organized Crime and Terrorism

ISBN-13: 9780367482183 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 208 str.

James Windle; John F. Morrison; Aaron Winter

Opis

This book explores historical accounts of organised crime and terrorism, drawing on research from around the world in such areas as the USA, UK, Ireland, France, Colombia, Somalia, Burma, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Hawking the historical method in organised crime and terrorism studies, James Windle, John F. Morrison, Aaron Winter and Andrew Silke. Organised Crime.  2. ‘A citadel of crime’: Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the O’Connor System, James A. Densley  3. The causes of traditional organized crime: Comparing Chicago and New York, Robert M Lombardo  4. The French Connection: A brief critical history, Ryan Gingeras  5. 'He just wasn’t the bloke I used to know': Social capital and the fragmentation of a British organised crime network, James Windle.  Terrorism.  6. 1975: The truce that changed the Troubles, John F. Morrison  7. The Klan is history: A historical perspective on the revival of the far-right in ‘post-racial’ America, Aaron Winter.  Terrorism and organised crime?  8. Somali maritime predation: Traditional piracy or a new form of terrorism?, Anamika Twyman-Ghoshal  9. Narcoterrorism in Colombia, Francis Gaffney  10. Empire, war, decolonisation and the birth of the illicit opium trade in Burma, 1800-1961, John Collins  11. Jamaat-al-Muslimeen: The blurred lines between organised crime and terrorism in Trinidad and Tobago, Andrew Silke