Organised Crime Books

New and Published Books

1. Illegal Markets and the Economics of Organized Crime

   Edited by Martin Bouchard, Chris Wilkins

   This book showcases recent advances in the theoretical and empirical understanding of the economic aspects of organised crime and illegal markets. It provides new insights into defining and quantifying the influence of organised crime by drawing on innovative approaches to studying criminal...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Terrorism Reader

   4th Edition

   Edited by David J. Whittaker

   Series: Routledge Readers in History

   The Terrorism Reader is an intriguing introduction to a notorious and disturbing international phenomenon. The book draws together material from a variety of experts and clearly explains their opinions on terrorism, allowing understanding, conjecture and debate. David J. Whittaker explores all...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. Money Laundering – An Endless Cycle?

   A Comparative Analysis of the Anti-Money Laundering Policies in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada

   By Nicholas Ryder

   This book provides a detailed examination of anti-money laundering policies and legislative frameworks in a number of jurisdictions and considers how successful these jurisdictions have been in implementing international measures to combat money laundering. Looking at the instruments and proposals...

   Published February 23rd 2012 by Routledge
4. Human Security, Transnational Crime and Human Trafficking

   Asian and Western Perspectives

   Edited by Shiro Okubo, Louise Shelley

   Series: Routledge Transnational Crime and Corruption

   In recent years, drug use, illegal migration and human trafficking have all become more common in Asia, North America and Asia: the problems of organized crime and human trafficking are no longer confined to operating at the traditional regional level. This book fills a gap in the current...

   Published January 31st 2011 by Routledge
5. Organized Crime

   Edited by Federico Varese

   Series: Critical Concepts in Criminology

   The systematic study of organized crime dates back to John Landesco’s classic of ethnography, Organized Crime in Chicago (1929). Since then, the field has grown considerably and, as well as criminologists and sociologists, the topic has been embraced by researchers from a broad range of disciplines...

   Published May 4th 2010 by Routledge
6. The Terrorism Reader

   3rd Edition

   Edited by David J. Whittaker

   Series: Routledge Readers in History

   An intriguing introduction to a notorious and disturbing international phenomenon, The Terrorism Reader draws together material from a variety of experts, clearly explaining their opinions on terrorism, to allow understanding, conjecture and debate. David J. Whittaker explores all aspects...

   Published June 13th 2007 by Routledge
7. Transnational Organised Crime

   Perspectives on Global Security

   Edited by Adam Edwards, Peter Gill

   The perceived threat of 'transnational organised crime' to Western societies has been of huge interest to politicians, policy-makers and social scientists over the last decade. This book considers the origins of this crime, how it has been defined and measured, and the appropriateness of...

   Published June 28th 2006 by Routledge
8. The Terrorism Reader

   2nd Edition

   This updated edition now contains a chapter on The Taliban and the Al-Qaeda terror network as well as new material on George W. Bush's war against terror....

   Published December 18th 2002 by Routledge