Organized Crime

Ethnic organized crime is a phenomenon that has been largely ignored by social scientists and historians, and dismissed as a subject not to be take...

First Published in 1997. During the 1990s transnational criminal organizations of all kinds have received increased scrutiny from law enforcement a...

The perceived threat of 'transnational organized crime' to Western societies has been of huge interest to politicians, policy makers and social sci...

There is no doubt that the triads have become recognized as a sophisticated and international criminal force and, following the handover of Hong Ko...

This innovative book examines radicalization from new psychological perspectives by examining the different typologies of radicalizing individuals,...

Unregulated or lesser regulated maritime spaces are ideal theatres of operation and mediums of transportation for terrorists, insurgents and pirate...

In the post-Cold War era, economic globalization has resulted in the buying and selling of human beings. Poverty, social instability, lawlessness, ...

Cyberterrorism in the 21st century is now one of the greatest threats to global security and information. It transcends national borders (and by ex...

First published in 1981, this book examines the life of Arthur Harding, a well-known figure in the East End underworld during the first half of the...

Criminalized power structures (CPS) are illicit networks that profit from transactions in black markets and from criminalized state institutions wh...

Criminalized power structures (CPS) are illicit networks that profit from transactions in black markets and from criminalized state institutions wh...

In the post-Cold War era, economic globalization has resulted in the buying and selling of human beings. Poverty, social instability, lawlessness, ...

Organized crime is now a major threat to all industrial and non-industrial countries. Using an inter-disciplinary and comparative approach this boo...

Social network analysis finally reached a critical mass of scholars in the field of criminology. The proven track record of network theory and meth...

Unregulated or lesser regulated maritime spaces are ideal theatres of operation and mediums of transportation for terrorists, insurgents and pirate...

Concerns over the changing nature of gangs and cartels and their relationships to states in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has resulted in ...

The situation in Somalia today embodies some of the most pressing issues in international relations. How should the international community deal wi...

Concerns over the changing nature of gangs and cartels and their relationships to states in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has resulted in ...

During the last ten years an increasing number of government and media reports, scholarly books and journal articles, and other publications have f...

In Corruption and Organised Crime in Europe, Gounev and Ruggiero present a discussion of the relation between organized criminals and corruption in...

In recent years, the south-western border of the United States has come under increasing pressure from the activities of Mexican narco-insurgents. ...

By analysing the complex issues surrounding internal and cross-border human trafficking in Asia, and asserting critical perspectives and methodolog...

In an age when the Western world is preoccupied with worries about weapons of mass destruction in terrorist hands, terrorists across many parts of ...

Gangs and militias have been a persistent feature of social and political life in Indonesia. During the authoritarian New Order regime they constit...

The fight against money laundering, drug trafficking, illegal immigration, cyber crime, and the promotion of the enhancement of judicial and police...

Today, no single issue dominates the global political landscape as much as terrorism. Aware of their unique position in the newly unipolar world, t...

In 1978, the US government waged a war against organised crime. One man was left behind the lines. From 1976 until 1981, Special Agent Pistone live...

More than simply a study of the mafia, Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt's work argues that collaboration between political science and criminology is criti...

Crime is recognized as a constant factor within human society, but in the twenty-first century organized crime is emerging as one of the distinctiv...

This ethnography of a gang war in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Oakwood, just blocks from the famed Venice Beach boardwalk, provides a rare eyewi...

Biker Gangs and Transnational Organized Crime, Second Edition, describes and analyzes a rapidly expanding global problem: criminal acts committed b...

For over a decade, Cobe Williams has been a Violence Interrupter, a highly-trained conflict resolution expert working to stop the killing. Alongsid...

Within the Mexican American barrios of Los Angeles, gang activity, including crime and violent acts, has grown and flourished. In the past, commun...

The Australian Gamble explores Jack Rooklyn’s role as a thread that connects some of the best-recognized characters, and most pivotal events, in Au...

No Haven is the story of how the Mafia operated in New Haven, told through the experiences of some of the key players in the Connecticut organized ...