Transnational Organised Crime - Perspectives on Global Security

Considers the origins of transnational organised crime, how it has been defined and measured, governments' policy responses and its place on the policy agendas of the UN and EU in the wake of the 'war on terror'.

List of contents

Part 1: Origins of the Concept  Part 2: Measurements and Interpretations  Part 3: Case Studies  Part 4: Current and Prospective Responses

About the author

Adam Edwards is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University.
Peter Gill is Reader in Politics and Security at the School of Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University.

Summary

Considers the origins of transnational organised crime, how it has been defined and measured, governments' policy responses and its place on the policy agendas of the UN and EU in the wake of the 'war on terror'.

Product details

• Assisted by: Adam Edwards (Editor), Edwards Adam (Editor), Peter Gill (Editor), Gill Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.06.2003
• EAN: 9780415300957
• ISBN: 978-0-415-30095-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 500 g
• Series: Organizational Crime
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Organized crime