1st Edition
The Prediction and Control of Organized Crime The Experience of Post-Soviet Ukraine
By Jennifer Schrock
Copyright 2001
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
185 Pages
by
Routledge
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Like most former Soviet republics, Ukraine has experienced a formidable proliferation of crime and corruption as it struggles with economic reform and the establishment of democracy.During the early 90s, Ukraine became one of the primary recipients of foreign assistance from the United States and its crime and corruption situation was increasingly seen as an impediment to economic transition and... Read more
1: Introduction: A U.S.-Ukrainian Research Partnership against Crime; 2: The Prediction and Control of Organized Crime: A Risk Assessment Instrument for Targeting Law Enforcement Efforts; 3: Trafficking in Women and Children for Purposes of Sexual Exploitation: The Criminological Aspect; 4: Ukraine, International Money Laundering, and the Investigation of Organized Crime; 5: The Transnational Political Criminal Nexus of Trafficking in Women from Ukraine; 6: Organized Economic Crime and Corruption in Ukraine: The Problem of Countermeasures; 7: The Growing Importance of Ukraine as a Transit Country for Heroin Trafficking: U.S.-Ukraine Research Partnership; 8: The Dualism of Business Victimization and Organized Crime; 9: Organized Crime in Ukraine: Challenge and Response; 10: A Behavioral Model for Ukrainian Organized Crime Groups
Biography
Jennifer Schrock
