Alan Wright

Organised Crime

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is essential reading for both students and practitioners in the police and other law enforcement agencies who have a concern with organised crime worldwide. It provides an accessible introduction to the study of organised crime - discussing those who commit it, the effect it has on individuals, businesses and states, and the ways in which states and the international community have sought to contain it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9781843921400
• ISBN-10: 1843921405
• Artikelnr.: 22405861

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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