Economic History of Organized Crime - A National and Transnational Approach

Informationen zum Autor Dennis M. P.McCarthy is an AssociateProfessor EmeritusofHistory! Iowa State University! Ames! USA. Klappentext In this text! McCarthy looks at what economic history can tell us about organized crime - its origins! rise and spread and asks whether there are things in the history of organized crime that might help us better understand its present and future? Zusammenfassung Written in non-specialist language, An Economic History of Organized Crime provides an original overview of a crucial problem of our times: the growing scourge of global organized crime. This book can be read with profit by the general public, but it also has value for academic specialists and professionals in law enforcement. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The ABCs of a Comparative Economic History of Organized Crime: A National and Transnational Approach Part 1: Europe 2. Italian Mafias 3. Russian Mafias 4. Vignette: Albanian Mafia Part 2: North America5. US Mafia 6. Mexican Drug Cartels 7. Vignette: Organized Crime in Canada Part 3: Central America! South America! and the CaribbeanBasin8. Colombian Drug Cartels 9. Gangs of the Caribbean 10. Vignette: Organized Crime in Cuba Part 4: AfricSoa 11. Resource Wars 12. Somali Piracy 13. Vignette: International Trugs! Trafficking! Organized Crime! and Terrorism in North and West Africa Part 5: Asia and Western Pacific14. Triads 15. Yakuza 16. Vignette: International Drugs Trafficking! Organized sCrime and Terrorism in Afghanistan. Bibliography

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• Authors: Dennis M. P. McCarthy, Dennis M. P. (Iowa State University Mccarthy, Dennis M.P. McCarthy, Dennis M.p. (Iowa State University Mccarthy
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.05.2011
• EAN: 9780415487962
• ISBN: 978-0-415-48796-2
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; History, Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, Economic history, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade