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Organized crime or crime that is organized? The parrot trade in the neotropics
Trends in Organized Crime, 2015The illegal wildlife trade is one of the most profitable illegal industries in the world, only behind the trafficking of drugs, guns, and humans. Because of the relative ease in poaching wildlife combined with the possibility of high profit margins, many assume that organized crime is heavily linked to the trade.
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2015
Even in history, criminals crossed borders to commit crimes, traffic in illicit goods, and provide illegal services. More recently, however, opportunities for transnational (organized) crime have increased, in particular because of the growing level of mobility, the opening of borders and the advent of the Internet.
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Even in history, criminals crossed borders to commit crimes, traffic in illicit goods, and provide illegal services. More recently, however, opportunities for transnational (organized) crime have increased, in particular because of the growing level of mobility, the opening of borders and the advent of the Internet.
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2018
In this chapter, students will learn about how transnational organized crime has emerged during the last two decades as one of a series of threats posed to national and international security by violent non-state actors. The chapter outlines what is meant by transnational organized crime then examines the rise of the phenomenon, suggesting that its ...
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In this chapter, students will learn about how transnational organized crime has emerged during the last two decades as one of a series of threats posed to national and international security by violent non-state actors. The chapter outlines what is meant by transnational organized crime then examines the rise of the phenomenon, suggesting that its ...
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The Politics of Organized Crime and the Organized Crime of Politics
2006More than simply a study of the mafia, Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt's work argues that collaboration between political science and criminology is critical to understanding the real nature of organized crime and its power. Schulte-Bockholt looks at specific case studies from Asia, Latin America, and Europe as he develops a theoretical discussion—drawing on ...
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“Organized crime” and “organized crime”: Indeterminate problems of definition
Trends in Organized Crime, 2006Despite decades of effort, the search for a universal definition of organized crime has eluded both academics, criminal justice agencies, as well as international bodies. More than two decades ago, a content analysis of such definitional efforts by this writer (Hagan, 1983) noted that, while many writers, including those of textbooks, failed to supply ...
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The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 1977
The writer has served for [Formula: see text] years as a police officer in England, Northern Rhodesia, and Canada, the last eight and a half years as Chief of Police. The writer has undertaken courses of training in all the above countries, together with the United States, and holds certificates in Police Administration from the ...
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The writer has served for [Formula: see text] years as a police officer in England, Northern Rhodesia, and Canada, the last eight and a half years as Chief of Police. The writer has undertaken courses of training in all the above countries, together with the United States, and holds certificates in Police Administration from the ...
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Environmental Crime: Organizational Crime or Organized Crime?
RevCEDOUA, 2000Environmental crimes are often cited as examples of the criminological category of white-collar crime: when committed within a company, they relate to the professional activity of the agent; when perpetrated by individuals with some economic, social, or political influence, they may fall into the category of "dark figures" of crime, raising issues such
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2003
Abstract There is not much of a coherent plot in Oliver Twist, and what there is does not drive the novel. A child, soon to be orphan, is born to a destitute mother who dies shortly thereafter. The mistreated boy falls into the hands of criminals but is later saved by a gentleman who, we later discover, was a friend of the boy’s wellish ...
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Abstract There is not much of a coherent plot in Oliver Twist, and what there is does not drive the novel. A child, soon to be orphan, is born to a destitute mother who dies shortly thereafter. The mistreated boy falls into the hands of criminals but is later saved by a gentleman who, we later discover, was a friend of the boy’s wellish ...
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Why Global North criminology fails to explain organized crime in Mexico
Theoretical Criminology, 2022Valentin Pereda
exaly