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The Oxford handbook of organized crime /

While the success of national and international law enforcement cooperation to suppress organized crime means that stable, large-scale criminal organizations like the Cosa Nostra or the Japanese Yakuza have seen their power reduced, organized crime remains a concern for many governments. Economic gl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Paoli, Letizia (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Colección:Oxford handbooks in criminology and criminal justice.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Series; The Oxford Handbook of Organized CrimeEdited by Letizia Paoli; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I Concept, Theories, History, and Research Methods; 1 Organized Crime: A Contested Concept; 2 Theoretical Perspectives on Organized Crime; 3 Searching for Organized Crime in History; 4 How to Research Organized Crime; Part II Actors and Interactions; 5 The Italian Mafia; 6 The Italian-American Mafia; 7 The Russian Mafia: Rise and Extinction; 8 Organized Crime in Colombia: The Actors Running the Illegal Drug Industry; 9 Mexican Drug "Cartels."
  • 10 Chinese Organized Crime11 The Japanese Yakuza; 12 Nigerian Criminal Organizations; 13 Gangs: Another Form of Organized Crime?; 14 Opportunistic Structures of Organized Crime; 15 Organizing Crime: The State as Agent; 16 The Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime; Part III Markets and Activities; 17 Protection and Extortion; 18 Drug Markets and Organized Crime; 19 Human Smuggling, Human Trafficking, and Exploitation in the Sex Industry; 20 Illegal Gambling; 21 Money Laundering; 22 Arms Trafficking; 23 Organized Fraud; 24 Cybercrime; 25 The Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources.
  • Part IV Policies to Control Organized Crime26 Organized Crime Control in the United States of America; 27 U.S. Organized Crime Control Policies Exported Abroad; 28 European Union Organized Crime Control Policies; 29 The Fight against the Italian Mafia; 30 Organized Crime Control in Australia and New Zealand; 31 Organized Crime "Control" in Asia: Experiences from India, China, and the Golden Triangle; 32 Finance-Oriented Strategies of Organized Crime Control; Index.