Organised Crime

ISBN-13: 9781843921417 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 256 str.

Alan Wright

Opis

Organised Crime provides a broadly based introduction to an increasingly important subject. This book explores all facets of organized crime, including the conceptual difficulties attached to it, specific types of activity, the growth of organized crime in different jurisdictions, its internationalization, and the ways in which the international community and law enforcement agencies have tried to tackle the problem. The book contains case studies illustrating the growth of organized crime at national, international, and transnational levels. It provides a wide-ranging introduction to contemporary debate on an increasingly pressing problem. The text has four main themes: exploring the nature and dynamics of organized crime, highlighting the theoretical work that underpins the analysis of criminal gangs and groups; focusing on key areas of activity of organized criminal groups, in particular drug trafficking, economic crime, and people smuggling; discussing the rise of organized crime i

Spis treści

Preface. Introduction 1. Mapping rough terrain: the contested concept of organised crime 2. The gang as a violent way of life 3. Dirty business: the political economy of organised crime 4. The magic roundabout: traffic in the global village 5. Organised crime: its 'traditional' forms 6. Land of opportunity: organised crime in the US 7. New waves 8. Home firms: the British experience 9. Tackling organised crime: possibly together. Conclusion

O autorze

Alan Wright was formerly a police officer with the Metropolitan Police, where he worked on the Kray case and on other gang crime and homicide cases. He later lectured at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth, and is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at Keele University. He is the author of Policing: an introduction to concepts and practice (Willan Publishing, 2002).