Organized Crime
. Ed(S): Siegel, Dina; Nelen, Hans
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Paperback. The contributions in the book examine the historical and contemporary manifestations of organized crime, the symbiotic relationship between legitimate and illegitimate activities, and the innovative strategies developed to tackle these serious forms of crime. Editor(s): Siegel, Dina; Nelen, Hans. Series: Studies of Organized Crime. Num Pages: 238 pages, 18 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JP; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
Dina Siegel and Hans Nelen The term ‘global organized crime’ has been in use in criminology since the mid 1990s. Even more general and abstract than its daughter-terms (transnational or cross-border organized crime), ‘global organized crime’ seems to embrace the activities of criminal groups and networks all around the planet, leaving no geographical space untouched. The term appears to cover the geographical as well as the historical domain: ‘global’ has taken on the meaning of ‘forever and ever’. Global organized crime is also associatively linked with ‘globalisation’. The social construction of both terms in scientific discourse is in itself an ... Read more
Dina Siegel and Hans Nelen The term ‘global organized crime’ has been in use in criminology since the mid 1990s. Even more general and abstract than its daughter-terms (transnational or cross-border organized crime), ‘global organized crime’ seems to embrace the activities of criminal groups and networks all around the planet, leaving no geographical space untouched. The term appears to cover the geographical as well as the historical domain: ‘global’ has taken on the meaning of ‘forever and ever’. Global organized crime is also associatively linked with ‘globalisation’. The social construction of both terms in scientific discourse is in itself an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Series
Studies of Organized Crime
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387097107
SKU
V9780387097107
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About . Ed(S): Siegel, Dina; Nelen, Hans
Dina Siegel is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She studied sociology and social anthropology at Tel Aviv University in Israel and obtained her PhD in cultural anthropology at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She has studied and published several articles on post-Soviet organized crime, terrorism, human trafficking, criminal activities ... Read more
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