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Zusatztext Gavin Slades compelling work offers a fascinating account of the workings and! crucially! the decline of the Mafia brotherhood in Georgia. The book is the result of impressive fieldwork undertaken by Slade in the former Soviet Republic. Informationen zum Autor Dr Gavin Slade is an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the University of Toronto, Canada, having gained his PhD in Law from the University of Oxford in 2011. He is primarily interested in organized crime and prison sociology; in particular, criminological questions arising from post-Soviet societies, having lived and worked in Russia and Georgia for almost seven years. He maintains a broad interest in criminal justice reform in transitional contexts and has alsoworked on such issues in the non-governmental sector in Georgia. Klappentext Through an innovative and engaging analysis of an often misunderstood cohort of organised crime in Georgia, this book explores the resilience of so-called dark networks, such as organized crime groups and terrorist cells, and tests the theories of how and why success in challenging such organizations can occur. Zusammenfassung Through an innovative and engaging analysis of an often misunderstood cohort of organised crime in Georgia, this book explores the resilience of so-called dark networks, such as organized crime groups and terrorist cells, and tests the theories of how and why success in challenging such organizations can occur. 1. Georgia in 'the Understandings' ; 2. Resilience and the Decline of Mafias ; 3. Thieves-in-Law as a Soviet and Post-Soviet Mafia in Georgia ; 4. Predator vs. Predator: the State and Mafia before and after the Rose Revolution ; 5. Organizing and Re-Organizing Crime in Georgia ; 6. Fitting the Frame: Prison and Recruitment ; 7. 'With My Body and Soul': Commitment and Exit Costs ; 8. Maintaining Distinction: Social Attitudes to the Criminal Nobility ; 9. Georgia Outside 'The Understandings'? ...
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Through an innovative and engaging analysis of an often misunderstood cohort of organised crime in Georgia, this book explores the resilience of so-called dark networks, such as organized crime groups and terrorist cells, and tests the theories of how and why success in challenging such organizations can occur.
