Organized Crime, Third Edition - Hardcover

Lyman, Michael D.; Potter, Gary W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 013112286X ISBN 13: 9780131122864

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2003

Synopsis

This comprehensive overview of organized crime traces its history, current role, and future of players in this world, and includes up-to-date information. Two parallel themes pervade the book: 1) Organized crime consists of many groups in which race or ethnicity may not play a role, but whose affiliation is based on the needs of the group; and 2) Without the support of corrupt public officials, business persons, and others, organized crime would cease to exist. Organized Crime demystifies the world of organized crime by analyzing it closely and critically from a social perspective. Divided into 11 comprehensive chapters, this interesting and readable book covers the history of organized crime, the theories of behavior, the evolution of organized crime, its businesses, illicit drug trade, domestic organized crime groups, terrorism, the political and corporate alliances that contribute to organized crime, and the control of organized crime. This comprehensive study of organized crime is a useful reference resource for those in the legal profession, as well involved criminal justice and law enforcement.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This text provides a comprehensive overview of organized crime -- its definition, theories that explain it, its businesses, history, participants (both domestic and foreign groups), political and corporate alliances, and methods for controlling it.

From the Back Cover:

Organized Crime, Third Edition enlivens today's discussion of hot criminal topics: who the organized crime players are, what they do, and how to bring them to justice. The third edition features discussions of the following:

New topics:

• Arms trafficking
• Contraband smuggling
• Counterfeiting
• Environmental crime
• Trafficking in gems and gold
• High-tech crime
• Intellectual property rights violations
• Trafficking in women and children

Updates on:

• Trafficking in nuclear material
• 21st century terrorism and the impact of 9-11
• Albanian drug smuggling networks
• Expansion of Chinese and Japanese organized crime
• Mexican, Nigerian, Dominican drug syndicates
• Recent changes in Southeast/Southwest Asia
• Drug trafficking trends
• Piracy

Organized Crime, Third Edition, gives students what they need to know about organized crime and the criminal justice system's fight to stop it. Exciting current topics, along with fully-updated research and references, will keep students abreast of the most important issues and trends in organized crime today!

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 013112286X
• ISBN 13: 9780131122864
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 608