ABSTRACT
The need for knowledge in policing criminal business enterprises has been stressed throughout this book. Knowledge has emerged as the most important resource in policing. So far, we have offered new insights into the understanding of organized crime based on the enterprise paradigm, the theory of profit-driven crimes, and theories of criminal entrepreneurship. This chapter now makes a contribution to intelligence-led and knowledge-based policing, an emerging area of interest that builds upon and enhances policing as knowledge work, police officers as knowledge workers, and police forces as knowledge organizations.
