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Complex interactions of economic, technological, political, and cultural factors have fed the rise of criminal networks worldwide. At the same time, global illegal activities depend on a world of social realities to function. Organized Crime moves beyond traditional concepts of "evil forces" corrupting their host societies, instead analyzing local, national, and international manifestations of organized crime in the situational contexts that aid in its development. The contributors provide up-to-date understanding of various aspects of organized crime, in both classic areas of research (drugs, sex trafficking, labor racketeering) and emerging areas of interest (diamond smuggling, money laundering, eco-crime), in locales as varied as Italy, Quebec, the Sinai, Bulgaria, and the world’s tropical rain forests. Topics are explored from a variety of perspectives, including sociology, criminology, political science, and anthropology, giving this book empirical breadth and depth rarely seen in the literature. A sampling of the topics: * Symbolic and economic meanings of crime to cultures. * The symbiotic relationships between legitimate and criminal activities. * Ethical dilemmas of legiti

Who reads Organized Crime: Culture, Markets and Policies (Studies in Organized Crime 7)?

Author

Anton Blok (auth.), Dina Siegel, Hans Nelen (eds.)

Publisher

Springer-Verlag New York

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9786611140861

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Political Science, True Crime