Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part I: Organized Crime as a Construct and as an Object of Study
Chapter 1: Introduction - The Study of Organized Crime
Phenomena Associated With Organized Crime |
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What Is the Object of Study in the Study of Organized Crime? |
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Chapter 2: The Concept of Organized Crime
The Conceptual History of Organized Crime |
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The Reception of the American Concept of Organized Crime in Other Countries |
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Lessons to Be Learned From the Conceptual History of Organized Crime |
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Overview of Definitions of Organized Crime |
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Outline of a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Organized Crime |
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The Concept of Organized Crime: Summary and Conclusion |
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Chapter 3: Organized Crime Research
The Study of Organized Crime as an Academic Subdiscipline |
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The History of the Study of Organized Crime |
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The Main Lines of Contemporary Research |
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Challenges to the Study of Organized Crime |
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Research on Organized Crime: Summary and Conclusion |
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PART II: Empirical Manifestations of Organized Crime
Chapter 4: Organized Criminal Activities
Why Study Organized Criminal Activities Separate From Criminal Organizations? |
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Case Study: Cocaine Trafficking |
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Case Study: The Trafficking in Stolen Motor Vehicles |
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Conceptualizations of Organized Criminal Activities |
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The Main Types of Organized Criminal Activities |
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The Conceptualization of Particular Organized Criminal Activities |
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Organized Criminal Activities: Summary and Conclusion |
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Chapter 5: Criminal Structures – An Overview
Case Study: Pedophile Networks |
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Existing Classifications of Criminal Organizations |
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The Three Basic Types of Criminal Structures |
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The Basic Forms of Criminal Structures: Markets, Networks, and Hierarchies |
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The Conceptualization of Criminal Networks |
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The Emergence and Persistence of Criminal Network Ties |
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Criminal Structures: Summary and Conclusion |
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Chapter 6: Illegal Entrepreneurial Structures
Case Study: The Lavin Enterprise |
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Conceptualizing Illegal Entrepreneurial Structures |
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Explaining the Structure of Illegal Firms |
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Illegal Entrepreneurial Structures: Summary and Conclusion |
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Chapter 7: Associational Structures
Case Studies of Associations of Criminals |
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Variations Across Illegal Associational Structures |
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The Core Functions of Associational Structures |
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Delineating Associational Structures from Entrepreneurial Structures and from Quasi-Governmental Structures |
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Associational Structures: Summary and Conclusion |
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Chapter 8: Illegal-Market Monopolies and Quasi-Governmental Structures
Case Study: The American Cosa Nostra |
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Illegal-Market Monopolies and Quasi-Governmental Structures |
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Monopolies in Illegal Markets |
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Quasi-Governmental Structures |
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Delineating Illegal-Market Monopolies and Quasi-Governmental Structures |
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Illegal-Market Monopolies and Monopolies of Violence: Summary and Conclusion |
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Part III: Organized Crime and Society
Chapter 9: The Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime
The Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime: Illegal Goods and Services |
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The Social Embeddedness of Organized Criminals |
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The Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime: Summary and Conclusion |
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Chapter 10: Organized Crime and Legitimate Business
Conceptualizations of Organized Crime and Legitimate Business Along the Dimensions of Activities, Structures, and Governance |
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Organized Criminals and Legitimate Business |
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Racketeering: Criminal Control Over Business Sectors |
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Business Sectors Vulnerable to Criminal Influence |
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Organized Crime and Legitimate Business: Summary and Conclusion |
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Chapter 11: Organized Crime and Government
Conceptualizations of Organized Crime and Government: Activities, Structures, and Governance |
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The Relationship Between Organized Crime and Government as Two Separate Entities |
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Organized Crime within Government |
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The Relationship Between Organized Crime and Government: Summary and Conclusion |
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Chapter 12: Transnational Organized Crime
Transnational Criminal Activities |
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Cross-Border Mobility and Cross-Border Networking of Criminals |
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Transnational Criminal Structures |
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The Cyberization of Organized Crime and the Organization of Cybercrime |
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Transnational Organized Crime and Organized Cybercrime: Summary and Conclusion |
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PART IV: The Big Picture and the Arsenal of Countermeasures
Chapter 13: The Big Picture of Organized Crime
The Range of Phenomena That Fall Under the Umbrella Concept of Organized Crime |
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Modelling Organized Crime |
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Typologies of Organized Crime |
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Trajectories in the Development of Organized Crime |
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The Big Picture of Organized Crime: Summary and Conclusion |
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Chapter 14: Countermeasures Against Organized Crime
Substantive Criminal Law as an Instrument Against Organized Crime |
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Investigative Tools and Institutional Innovations as Instruments Against Organized Crime |
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Non-Criminal Justice Approaches to Combating ‘Organized Crime’ |
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Combating Organized Crime: Summary and Conclusion |
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Bibliography
Index