Organized Crime in Our TimesOrganized Crime in Our Times provides readers with a clear understanding of organized crime, including its definition and causes, how it is categorized under the law, models to explain its persistence, and the criminal justice response to organized crime, including investigation, prosecution, defense, and sentencing. This book organizes information in a meaningful way, offering a comprehensive history of the Mafia in the United States; a legal analysis of the offenses that underlie organized crimes; specific attention to modern manifestations of organized crime activity, such as human smuggling, Internet crimes, and other transnational criminal operations; and the application of ethics to the study of organized crime. This edition includes new tables and figures, and special features on popular biographies and movies that tie to relevant content in the text. Appendices include a glossary and timeline on organized crime in the United States.
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Inhalt
What Is Organized Crime? | 1 |
Characteristic Organized Crimes I Conspiracy and Provision of Illicit Goods and Services | 25 |
Characteristic Organized Crimes II | 69 |
Causes of Organized Crime | 87 |
Paradigms of Organized Crime | 105 |
The Mafia | 127 |
Changes in the Nature of Organized Crime | 181 |
Transnational Organized Crime | 211 |
Prosecution Strategies | 287 |
Organizing a Criminal Defense | 317 |
Sentencing Organized Crime Offenders | 339 |
Glossary | 361 |
Timeline of Organized Crime in the United States | 383 |
About the Author | 387 |
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Investigative Tools | 253 |