Organized Crime Books

1-10 of 16 results in Subjects › Social Sciences › Sociology & Social Policy › Criminology › Organized Crime

1. The Politics of Protection Rackets in Post-New Order Indonesia

   By Ian Douglas Wilson

   Since the end of Suharto’s New Order there have been significant positive changes in Indonesia, but there are also distinct and alarming continuities with the past that represent a major challenge to the development of stable democratic institutions and the rule of law. Wilson investigates the...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-56912-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Suicide Bombings

   By Riaz Hassan

   In an age when the Western world is preoccupied with worries about weapons of mass destruction in terrorist hands, terrorists in many parts of the world are using a more basic device as a weapon - life itself. This use of life as weapon or suicide bombing has become a weapon of choice among...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-58887-4 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Crime-Terror Nexus in South Asia: States, Security and Non-state Actors

   By Ryan Clarke

   This book examines the crime-terror nexus in South Asia, focusing on the activities of non-state actors operating out of Pakistan..Much research has focused on the policies of India and Pakistan towards Kashmir. But surprisingly little attention has been paid to several notable Pakistan-based...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-61031-5 | Hardback (Routledge)
4. 

   Narcos Over the Border: Gangs, Cartels and Mercenaries

   Edited by Robert J Bunker

   The book takes a hard hitting look at the drug wars taking place in Mexico between competing gangs, cartels, and mercenary factions; their insurgency against the Mexican state; the narco-violence and terrorism that is increasingly coming over the border into the United States, and its...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-59725-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. The Politics of Organised Crime: Theory and Practice

   By Sappho Xenakis

   Organized crime has become one of most prominent international security concerns of our age. Nevertheless, international efforts to combat it have often been criticized as inadequate, ineffective and illiberal. Repeated calls have been made for greater international collaboration, better data...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-49543-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Somalia: Too Dangerous, Too Important to Ignore

   Edited by Brian Hesse

   The situation in Somalia today embodies some of the most pressing issues in international relations. How should the international community deal with the collapsed state that is Somalia? From the presence of al-Qaeda operatives to pirates, to what extent is Somalia a threat to global peace and...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-59463-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Peace Operations and Organised Crime: Enemies or Allies?

   Edited by James Cockayne, Adam Lupel

   This volume examines the relationship between international peace operations and organised crime – which in some cases are clear enemies, and in others, tacit allies. Peace operations are increasingly on the front line in the international community’s fight against organized crime, in venues such...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-60170-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Transnational Crime and Human Rights: Responses to Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Subregion

   Edited by Susan Kneebone, Julie Debeljak

   Despite the international community’s attempts to offer a coordinated response to the issue of ‘human trafficking’ in the twenty first century, there are indications that the trafficking is actually on the increase, and is a growing part of the global economy. This book offers an evaluation of...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-59425-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Policing Serious Crime in China: From 'Strike Hard' to 'Kill Fewer'

   By Susan Trevaskes

   Despite a resurgence in the number of studies of Chinese social control over the past decade or so, no sustained work in English has detailed the recent developments in policy and practice against serious crime, despite international recognition that Chinese policing of serious crime is relatively...

   June 2010 | 978-0-415-56447-2 | Hardback (Routledge)
10. 

    The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York City Mafia, 1891–1931

    By David Critchley

    While the later history of the New York Mafia has received extensive attention, what has been conspicuously absent until now is an accurate and conversant review of the formative years of Mafia organizational growth. David Critchley examines the Mafia recruitment process, relations...

    March 2010 | 978-0-415-88257-6 | Paperback (Routledge)