Deconstructing Organized Crime

Author : Joseph L. Albini
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786465808
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deconstructing Organized Crime written by Joseph L. Albini and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is organized crime? There have been many answers over the decades from scholars, governments, the media, pop culture and criminals themselves. These answers cumulatively created a "Mafia Mystique" that dominated discourse until after the Cold War, when transnational organized crime emerged as a pronounced, if nebulous, threat to global security and stability. The authors focus both on the American experience that dominated organized crime scholarship in the second half of the 20th century and on the more recent global scene. Case studies show that organized crime is best understood not as a series of famous gangsters and events but as a structure of everyday life formed by numerous political, social, economic and anthropological variables. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Jay S. Albanese
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Organized Crime in America written by Jay S. Albanese and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1996 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anna Sergi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319535684
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Mafia to Organised Crime written by Anna Sergi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents primary research conducted in Italy, USA, Australia and the UK on countering strategies and institutional perceptions of Italian mafias and local organized crime groups. Through interviews and interpretation of original documents, this study firstly demonstrates the interaction between institutional understanding of the criminal threats and historical events that have shaped these perceptions. Secondly, it combines analysis of policies and criminal law provisions to identify how policing models which combat mafia and organised crime activities are organized and constructed in each country within a comparative perspective. After presenting the similarities between the four differing policing models, Sergi pushes the comparison further by identifying both conceptual and procedural convergences and divergences across both the four models and within international frameworks. By looking at topics as varied as mafia mobility, money laundering, drug networks and gang violence, this book ultimately seeks to reconsider the conceptualizations of both mafia and organized crime from a socio-behavioural and cultural perspective.

Author : Klaus von Lampe
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1483310833
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Organized Crime written by Klaus von Lampe and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized Crime: Analyzing Illegal Activities, Criminal Structures, and Extra-legal Governance provides a systematic overview of the processes and structures commonly labeled “organized crime,” drawing on the pertinent empirical and theoretical literature primarily from North America, Europe, and Australia. The main emphasis is placed on a comprehensive classificatory scheme that highlights underlying patterns and dynamics, rather than particular historical manifestations of organized crime. Esteemed author Klaus von Lampe strategically breaks the book down into three key dimensions: (1) illegal activities, (2) patterns of interpersonal relations that are directly or indirectly supporting these illegal activities, and (3) overarching illegal power structures that regulate and control these illegal activities and also extend their influence into the legal spheres of society. Within this framework, numerous case studies and topical issues from a variety of countries illustrate meaningful application of the conceptual and theoretical discussion.

Author : Stefano Caneppele
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319018396
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Organized Crime, Corruption and Crime Prevention written by Stefano Caneppele and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ​​​This volume collects new contributions to research on mafias, organized crime, money laundering, and other forms of complex crimes, gathering some of the most authoritative and well-known scholars in the field. The chapters for this volume are original peices written in honor of the retirement of Dr. Ernesto U. Savona, highlighting his research and legacy. Throughout his academic career, Professor Ernesto U. Savona has investigated complex crimes ranging from organized crime, to economic crime, to money laundering. In his work, he has tried to bring together academics, policy makers, and practitioners to bring understanding for crime problems and innovative solutions. His passion towards the practical application of the findings of scientific research led him to found Transcrime in 1994, which is today among the most important criminological think-tanks in Europe.This important book is aimed at scholars studying criminal policy and research, particularly in the areas of criminal networks, organized crime, white collar crime, the history of criminology.

Author : Vincent C. Figliomeni PhD
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demystifying ‘Ndrangheta: Challenging the Organized Crime Phenomenon of Calabria written by Vincent C. Figliomeni PhD and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2023-03-29 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is focused on demystifying ‘Ndrangheta, which includes unraveling ‘Ndrangheta’s behavioral elements that exploit criminal opportunities through conspiracy, collusion, and corruption, common among most mafia’-type groups, reinforced by ‘mafia-mystique’. The ‘Ndrangheta phenomenon has evolved over time by exploiting critical supporting elements of power present within the cultural, socio-economic, and political environments of Calabria, which in turn perpetuates, protects, and sustains 'Ndrangheta's presence and persistence. A comprehensive and practical anti-/ counter-‘Ndrangheta overarching campaign plan model is presented to assist policy makers, security practitioners, and criminologists in developing a method and a process for taking actions that neutralize essential elements of power and prestige that besides wealth, are primary objectives of ‘Ndrangheta.

Author : David Critchley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135854939
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin of Organized Crime in America written by David Critchley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- Black hand, Calabrians, and the Mafia -- "First family" of the New York Mafia -- The Mafia and the Baff murder -- The neapolitan challenge -- New York City in the 1920s -- Castellammare war and "La Cosa Nostra" -- Americanization and the families -- Localism, tradition, and innovation.

Author : Georgios A. Antonopoulos
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198795548
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Organized Crime written by Georgios A. Antonopoulos and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uncovers the reality of organised crime, considering what is meant by the term 'organised', and discussing the different forms of activities organised crime engages in, from human trafficking to extortion. Offering a global perspective, from the Mafia to the Yakuza, it considers efforts to combat organised crime today.

Author : Felia Allum
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135273154
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defining and Defying Organised Crime written by Felia Allum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized crime is now a major threat to all industrial and non-industrial countries. Using an inter-disciplinary and comparative approach this book examines the nature of this threat. By analysing the existing, official institutional discourse on organized crime it examines whether or not it has an impact on perceptions of the threat and on the reality of organized crime. The book first part of the book explores both the paradigm and the rationale of policy output in the fight against organized crime, and also exposes the often ‘hidden’ internal assumptions embedded in policy making. The second part examines the perceptions of organized crime as expressed by various actors, for example, the general public in the Balkans and in Japan, the criminal justice system in USA and circles within the international scientific community. Finally, the third part provides an overall investigation into the realities of organized crime with chapters that survey its empirical manifestations in various parts of the world. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, criminology, security studies and practitioners.

Author : Jay S. Albanese
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317522095
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Organized Crime written by Jay S. Albanese and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized Crime: From the Mob to Transnational Organized Crime, Seventh Edition, provides readers with a clear understanding of organized crime, including its definition and causes, how it is categorized under the law, models to explain its persistence, and the criminal justice response to organized crime, including investigation, prosecution, defense, and sentencing. This book offers a comprehensive survey, including an extensive history of the Mafia in the United States; a legal analysis of the offenses that underlie organized crimes; specific attention to modern manifestations of organized crime activity, such as human smuggling, Internet crimes, and other transnational criminal operations; and the application of ethics to the study of organized crime. A new section has been added on threat assessment in organized crime. Chapters are enhanced by updated photos, tables, charts, and critical thinking exercises that help students apply concepts to actual organized crime cases. Every chapter includes two student-friendly special features: Organized Crime Biography and Organized Crime at the Movies. A glossary gives students a quick reference for looking up important definitions of organized crime-related terms, and a Timeline of Organized Crime in the United States highlights important events in the history of organized crime.