Organized Crime: World Perspectives - Softcover

Albanese, Jay S; Das, Professor Dilip K; Verma, Arvind

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130481998 ISBN 13: 9780130481993

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

Synopsis

Written by natives of each of the many countries represented here, this unique collection illustrates the similarities and differences in organized crime around the world. Each country's demographics and location is described and the introduction to each section indicates how the events in other nations on each continent continue to shape the nature and extent of organized crime in many different countries. This compilation of essays provides an analysis of organized crime from the North American, European, Asian, South American, Australasian and African perspectives, as well as the criminal justice response to organized crime. For those interested in a comprehensive analysis of organized crime around the world.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

• Perspectives on organized crime from each continent offer students an insight into the similarities and differences in organized crime worldwide.
• Information is provided about organized crime in many nations that have not been reported widely in the past.
• Authors are organized crime experts in their respective countries.
• Each section of the book describes how both internal events and circumstances in other nations shape the nature and extent of organized crime in another nation.
• The concept of organized crime, its nature and extent, and the methods used in confronting organized crime in a specific country are described in a systematic fashion in each chapter.
• A substantial introduction and conclusion bring together common themes from the individual countries and continents.
• Suggestions are included for using this book effectively in the classroom: individual country trend analysis, adjacent country examination, product-flow analysis, and group migration studies clarify the connection of organized crime to shifts in criminal opportunities and in political and economic circumstances within a country and across an entire region of the world.

About the Author:

Dr. Jay S. Albanese is a professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA.

Dr. Dilip K. Das is a professor in the Department of Sociology/Criminal justice at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, USA.

Dr. Arvind Verma is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal justice at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130481998
• ISBN 13: 9780130481993
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 482