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The Oxford handbook of orga...
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 globalization and the easing of restrictions on exchanges across borders now provide ample opportunity for money-making activities in illegal markets. Policies designed to stop illegal market flows often shift these activities to new places or create new problems, as the U.S.- led war on drugs spread
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monografia Rebiun25874514 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun25874514 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 141030s2014 enk ob 001 0 eng d 9780199968923 0199968926 9780199730445 019973044X UAM 991007983144004211 NT eng pn NT IDEBK YDXCP EBLCP CDX E7B NAM DEBSZ OCLCQ VT2 OCLCQ MERER VLB OCLCQ YDX OCLCQ UNAV 364.106 23 The Oxford handbook of organized crime edited by Letizia Paoli Oxford New York Oxford University Press [2014] Oxford New York Oxford New York Oxford University Press xi, 692 p. xi, 692 p. The Oxford handbooks in criminology and criminal justice EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice Cover; Series; The Oxford Handbook ofOrganized 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 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 globalization and the easing of restrictions on exchanges across borders now provide ample opportunity for money-making activities in illegal markets. Policies designed to stop illegal market flows often shift these activities to new places or create new problems, as the U.S.- led war on drugs spread Forma de acceso: World Wide Web Paoli, Letizia