Organized Crime And States

Author : Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Committee on States and Social Structures,Joint Committee on Latin American Studies,Joint Committee on Western Europe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1985-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521313139

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Bringing the State Back In by Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Committee on States and Social Structures,Joint Committee on Latin American Studies,Joint Committee on Western Europe Pdf

Papers from a conference held at Mount Kisco, N.Y., Feb. 1982, sponsored by the Committee on States and Social Structures, the Joint Committee on Latin American Studies, and the Joint Committee on Western European Studies of the Social Science Research Council. Includes bibliographies and index.

Author : K. Hirschfeld
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137490284

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Gangster States by K. Hirschfeld Pdf

The author draws on behavioral ecology to predict the evolution of organized crime in unregulated systems of exchange and the further development of racketeer economies into unstable kleptocratic states. The result is a new model that explains the expansion and contraction of political-economic complexity in prehistoric and contemporary societies.

Author : Letizia Paoli
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199730445

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The Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime by Letizia Paoli Pdf

This handbook explores organized crime, which it divides into two main concepts and types: the first is a set of stable organizations illegal per se or whose members systematically engage in crime, and the second is a set of serious criminal activities that are typically carried out for monetary gain.

Author : J. Briquet,G. Favarel-Garrigues
Publisher : Springer
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230110038

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Organized Crime and States by J. Briquet,G. Favarel-Garrigues Pdf

In contrast to a globalizing approach to 'transnational organized crime,' this edited volume studies socio-historical environments in which mafia-esque violence has found a fertile ground for growth and development within the political arena.

Author : A. Kupatadze
Publisher : Springer
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230361393

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Organized Crime, Political Transitions and State Formation in Post-Soviet Eurasia by A. Kupatadze Pdf

Based on over 130 interviews with criminals, law enforcement officials and government representatives from post-Soviet Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, this book situates organized crime in the debate on state formation and examines the diverging patterns in organized crime following the aftermath of these countries' Coloured Revolutions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Government publications
ISBN : PURD:32754063042745

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An Introduction to Organized Crime in the United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jonathan D. Rosen,Bruce Bagley,Jorge Chabat
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498593014

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The Criminalization of States by Jonathan D. Rosen,Bruce Bagley,Jorge Chabat Pdf

This volume examines the relationship between states and organized crime. It seeks to add to the theoretical literature for analyzing the criminalization of the state. The volume also explores the nature of organized crime in countries throughout the Americas from Central America to the Southern Cone.

Author : United States. Task Force on Organized Crime
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Gangs
ISBN : UVA:X004110300

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Task Force Report; Organized Crime by United States. Task Force on Organized Crime Pdf

This volume presents five documents from the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice: the chapter containing the findings and recommendations relating to the organized crime problems facing the United States and four background papers submitted by outside consultants. The analyses in the Commission report chapter focused on the types and locations of organized crime, the corruption of law enforcement and political systems, the membership and organization of criminal cartels, efforts to control organized crime, and a proposed national strategy against organized crime. Recommendations related to methods of proving criminal violations, investigation and prosecution units, citizens crime commissions, and noncriminal controls such as regulations and media coverage. The four consultants' reports examined the functions and structure of criminal syndicates, corruption of public officials in one jurisdiction, evidence collection in organized crime, and the economic analysis of organized crime.

Author : Douglas Farah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : National security
ISBN : IND:30000145975151

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Transnational Organized Crime, Terrorism, and Criminalized States in Latin America by Douglas Farah Pdf

The emergence of new hybrid (state and nonstate) transnational criminal/terrorist franchises in Latin America operating under broad state protection now pose a tier-one security threat for the United States. Similar hybrid franchise models are developing in other parts of the world, making understanding the new dynamics an important factor in a broader national security context. This threat goes well beyond the traditional nonstate theory of constraints activity such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking into the potential for trafficking related to weapons of mass destruction by designated terrorist organizations and their sponsors. These activities are carried out with the support of regional and extra regional states actors whose leadership is deeply enmeshed in criminal activity, which yields billions of dollars in illicit revenues every year. These same leaders have a publicly articulated, common doctrine of asymmetrical warfare against the United States and its allies that explicitly endorses as legitimate the use of weapons of mass destruction. The central binding element in this alliance is a hatred for the West, particularly the United States, and deep anti-Semitism, based on a shared view that the 1979 Iranian Revolution was a transformative historical event. For Islamists, it is evidence of divine favor; and for Bolivarians, a model of a successful asymmetrical strategy to defeat the "Empire." The primary architect of this theology/ideology that merges radical Islam and radical, anti-Western populism and revolutionary zeal is the convicted terrorist Ilich Sánchez Ramirez, better known as "Carlos the Jackal," whom Chávez has called a true visionary.

Author : United States. National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals. Task Force on Organized Crime
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCAL:B4351821

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Organized Crime by United States. National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals. Task Force on Organized Crime Pdf

Standards designed for adoption at the state and local levels for the purpose of preventing and reducing organized crime in America are presented in this comprehensive report. The standards recommended in this report were formulated to assist all sectors of the community, as well as the agencies of state and local governments. As a unit, these standards constitute a comprehensive plan for the prevention and control of organized criminal activity in this country. Following the introductory remarks, a brief history of organized criminal activity in the united states, a description of the general characteristics of organized crime, and the results of a study of the various ways state and local governments have dealt with the problem are presented. Part 3 of this report presents standards to guide state and local governments, officials of the criminal justice system, and private citizens in the design and implementation of programs to combat organized criminal operations. These standards are based on successful models operating in the states or on concepts that the task force and the national advisory committee considered necessary for effective prevention and control of organized crime. Proposals for state and local administrative and regulatory agencies to participate in organized crime control programs to the fullest extent of their statutory authority are contained in chapter 4. The standards in chapters 5 through 8 recommend specific policies, law enforcement mechanisms, prosecutorial tools, and legal procedures for adoption by the criminal justice system. The standards in chapter 9 recommend that appropriate training programs in organized crime control be instituted for all levels of the criminal justice system. General educational programs for the private sector are also recommended.

Author : De Leon Petta Gomes da Costa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429760594

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Organized Crime and the Nation-State by De Leon Petta Gomes da Costa Pdf

Geopolitics is an increasingly important tool to understand national and international relations. This book unravels how organized crime is not just a marginal problem but part of a bigger geopolitical and asymmetrical warfare strategy. It seeks to establish a direct relationship between Nation States and organized crime groups. Many States have been using criminal and terrorist organizations as a policy for issues of national sovereignty or as a tool to strengthen a nation’s geopolitical position. This book demonstrates how national states are utilizing criminal organizations in covert operations and "dirty jobs" such as espionage, proxy war, arms trafficking and sabotage. Examples from the United States, China and the Soviet Union are explored, providing both an historical and contemporary analysis, from World War II through to the Cold War and to the present day. The book brings together perspectives from international relations and criminology drawing on insights from a variety of sources, including public documents and interviews.

Author : Robert J. Kelly,Ko Lin Chin,Rufus Schatzberg
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994-12-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780313283666

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Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States by Robert J. Kelly,Ko Lin Chin,Rufus Schatzberg Pdf

An assessment of organised crime in America and of the law enforcement strategies and activities to control it since the Prohibition era. It analyses the nature, roots, causes, forms, growth, and control of crime and its effect upon economic, social, political and moral life.

Author : Shima Keene
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1729566685

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Silent Partners by Shima Keene Pdf

The U.S. Army increasingly faces adversaries that are difficult to define. The threat landscape is further complicated by the silent partnership between criminal organizations, irregular groups, and nation-states. This collaboration, whatever its exact nature, is problematic, because it confounds understanding of the adversary, making existing countermeasures less effective, and thus directly challenging U.S. national security interests. Military action taken without full appreciation of the dynamics of the nature of these relationships is likely to be ineffective at best or suffer unintended consequences. This monograph provides a comprehensive assessment of the threat to U.S. national security interests posed by the silent partners, as well as how the vulnerabilities of the relationships could be exploited to the advantage of the U.S. Army.

Author : Virginia Comolli
Publisher : Springer
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319729688

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Organized Crime and Illicit Trade by Virginia Comolli Pdf

Unlike much of the existing literature on organised crime, this book is less focused on the problem per se as it is on understanding its implications. The latter, especially in fragile and conflict regions, amount to strategic challenges for the state. Whereas most commentators would agree that criminal activities are harmful, this volume addresses the questions of ‘how?’, ‘for whom?’ and, controversially, ‘are they always harmful?’ The volume is authored by experts with multi-year experience analysing criminal and other non-state activities. They do so through different lenses - conflict and security, development, and technology - engaging academics, practitioners and policy makers. They offer a comprehensive integrated response to the challenges of transnational organised crime beyond traditional law-enforcement driven recommendations.

Author : Jonathan D. Rosen,Hanna Samir Kassab
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000164336

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Crime, Violence and the State in Latin America by Jonathan D. Rosen,Hanna Samir Kassab Pdf

In this succinct text, Jonathan D. Rosen and Hanna Samir Kassab explore the linkage between weak institutions and government policies designed to combat drug trafficking, organized crime, and violence in Latin America. Using quantitative analysis to examine criminal violence and publicly available survey data from the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) to conduct regression analysis, individual case studies on Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador, and Nicaragua highlight the major challenges that governments face and how they have responded to various security issues. Rosen and Kassab later turn their attention to the role of external criminal actors in the region and offer policy recommendations and lessons learned. Questions explored include: What are the major trends in organized crime in this country? How has organized crime evolved over time? Who are the major criminal actors? How has state fragility contributed to organized crime and violence (and vice versa)? What has been the government’s response to drug trafficking and organized crime? Have such policies contributed to violence? Crime, Violence and the State in Latin America is suitable to both undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal justice, international relations, political science, comparative politics, international political economy, organized crime, drug trafficking, and violence.