Organized Crime

The story of baby trafficking organised by nuns, sanctioned by an archbishop, administered by civil servants and approved by politicians who tried ...

Gangs are multifaceted and varied, so any attempt to understand them cannot be restricted to a singular approach. On Gangs provides a diverse and c...

The author draws on behavioral ecology to predict the evolution of organized crime in unregulated systems of exchange and the further development o...

This book provides a critical analysis of the employment of intelligence-led policing (ILP) strategies. It aims to convey a better understanding of...

This book reveals the extent, types, investigation, enforcement and governance of international corruption. Providing a unique international covera...

This volume provides a unique collection of essays in honour of the work of Marcus Felson and his notable contribution to routine activity theory, ...

Exploring the dynamics of law-making in a world where the pace of technological change is outstripping our capacity to capture new forms of transna...

Since the late 1990s, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has countered a myriad of 'outlaw' threats at sea including piracy, terrorism, the proliferation ...

Integrating theories from a wide range of disciplines, Nir Kshetri compares the patterns, characteristics and processes of cybercrime activities in...

This book argues that it is witnesses who are the targets of terrorism and that the question of whose witnessing counts, and which stories are the ...

This is the first book dedicated to Australian youth gangs, exploring the subtleties and nuances of street life for young men and their quest for s...

In this book, leading academics and policy practitioners develop approaches for managing critical contemporary and emerging security challenges for...

This book analyzes the political and material conditions driving contemporary border control policies and discusses the processes that mediate popu...

Drawing on new studies from major European countries and Australia, this exciting collection extends the ongoing debate on falling crime rates from...

Terrorist's Creed casts a penetrating beam of empathetic understanding into the disturbing and murky psychological world of fanatical violence, exp...

As policy-makers look first (and easily) for existing policy solutions which could be adapted from elsewhere, policy transfer becomes increasingly ...

Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs are increasingly seen as a threat to communities around the world. They are a visible threat as a recognizable symbol of de...

In 2007 Luke Harding arrived in Moscow to take up a new job as a correspondent for the British newspaper the Guardian. Within months, mysterious ag...

Considering an under-researched dimension of political violence, this interdisciplinary collection provides an extensive examination of terrorist v...

This unique study explores the relationship between informal financial systems, illegal migration and human smuggling. Focusing on Chinese illegal ...

This book analyzes the political and material conditions driving contemporary border control policies and discusses the processes that mediate popu...

Examining the role of communication interception technology (CIT) in the investigation of transnational organised crime, the authors demonstrate th...

Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Despite the serious and...

The gripping new gangland thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller and Queen of the Underworld, Jessie Keane. 'Perfect for fans of Martina Cole' M...

How Latina/o/x gang literature and film represent women and gay gang members challenges to gendered, sexual, racial, and class oppression.Clicas ex...

Women of the Mafia dives into the Neapolitan criminal underworld of the Camorra as seen and lived by the women who inhabit it. It tells their life ...

'He takes a .45 out, he puts it to my head and says, Don't you call me a cheat or I'll blow your brains out. At that time I got a little diarrhoea ...

THE FINAL WORD FROM THE LAST KING OF GANGLAND WITH A FOREWORD BY MARTINA COLEEddie Richardson is the last brand-name gangster. Say the name and the...

A tense, gritty and atmospheric read from bestselling author Alex CoombsDCI Hanlon is going undercover.Oxford Philosophy lecturer Dr Gideon Fuller ...

'Reads like a thriller... These stories are amazing.'-Michael Lewis, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Big Short'A master-class in the ta...

Brand new from the bestselling author of The Fall. Callie Devereux has it all a successful career, a beautiful home and an attentive, loving partn...

Brand new from the bestselling author of The Fall. Callie Devereux has it all a successful career, a beautiful home and an attentive, loving partn...

Examining the widespread phenomenon of human trafficking in Vietnam during the period of French colonial rule, this book focuses on the practice of...

Graycar and Prenzler present a readily accessible guide to the issues of public and private sector corruption, outlining the nature and dimensions ...

Cyber-War provides a critical assessment of current debates around the likelihood and impact of cyber warfare. Approaching the subject from a socio...