ABSTRACT
Transnational organized crime crosses borders, challenges States, exploits individuals, pursues profit, wrecks economies, destroys civil society, and ultimately weakens global democracy. It is a phenomenon that is all too often misunderstood and misrepresented. This handbook attempts to redress the balance, by providing a fresh and interdisciplinary overview of the problems which transnational organized crime represents. The innovative aspect of this handbook is not only its interdisciplinary nature but also the dialogue between international academics and practitioners that it presents.
The handbook seeks to provide the definitive overview of transnational organized crime, including contributions from leading international scholars as well as emerging researchers. The work starts by examining the origins, concepts, contagion and evolution of transnational organized crime and then moves on to discuss the impact, governance and reactions of governments and their agencies, before looking to the future of transnational organized crime, and how the State will seek to respond.
Providing a cutting edge survey of the discipline, this work will be essential reading for all those with an interest in this dangerous phenomenon.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |63 pages
Theories, Concepts, Definitions and Laws
chapter |15 pages
Transnational Organized Crime
part |90 pages
Origins and Manifestations
part |108 pages
Contagion and Evolution
part |71 pages
Intensity and Impact
part |104 pages
Govenance
chapter |13 pages
Civil Society and Transnational Organized Crime
chapter |15 pages
Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism
chapter |13 pages
Go with the Flow and Undo the Knots
part |84 pages
Reaction and Future