While the success of national and international law enforcement cooperation to suppress organized crime means that stable, large-scale criminal organizations like the Cosa Nostra or the Japanese Yakuza have seen their power reduced, organized crime remains a concern for many governments. Economic globalization and the easing of restrictions on exchanges across borders now provide ample opportunity for money-making activities in illegal markets. Policies designed to stop illegal market flows often shift these activities to new places or create new problems, as the U.S.- led war on drugs spread production and trafficking to a number South and Central American countries. __The Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime__ provides informed, authoritative, and comprehensive overviews of these issues and other principal forms of organized crime, as well as the type and effectiveness of efforts to prevent and control them. Leading scholars from criminology, law, sociology, history, and political science discuss the key concepts, history, and methods of organized crime; the major actors and interactions involved in it; the markets and activities frequently associated with organized crime; and the policies designed to combat it. Individual chapters on criminal organizations and specific activities or markets comprise the heart of the volume. The chapters on actors provide the history, analyze the structure and activities, and assess the strength and future prospects of each organization. Articles on particular markets address the patterns of activity, identify the most affected regions, and where possible provide estimated revenues, discuss factors promoting the activity, and disclose information on the victims and harms caused. __The Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime__ delivers a systematic, high-quality, and truly global approach to the topic and with it a more complete understanding of organized crime in its many forms for researchers, government officials, and policymakers.

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While the success of national and international law enforcement cooperation to suppress organized crime means that stable, large-scale criminal organizations like the Cosa Nostra or the Japanese Yakuza have seen their power reduced, organized crime remains a concern for many governments. Economic globalization and the easing of restrictions on exchanges across borders now provide ample opportunity for money-making activities in illegal markets. Policies designed to stop illegal market flows often shift these activities to new places or create new problems, as the U.S.- led war on drugs spread production and trafficking to a number South and Central American countries. The Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime provides informed, authoritative, and comprehensive overviews of these issues and other principal forms of organized crime, as well as the type and effectiveness of efforts to prevent and control them. Leading scholars from criminology, law, sociology, history, and political science discuss the key concepts, history, and methods of organized crime; the major actors and interactions involved in it; the markets and activities frequently associated with organized crime; and the policies designed to combat it. Individual chapters on criminal organizations and specific activities or markets comprise the heart of the volume. The chapters on actors provide the history, analyze the structure and activities, and assess the strength and future prospects of each organization. Articles on particular markets address the patterns of activity, identify the most affected regions, and where possible provide estimated revenues, discuss factors promoting the activity, and disclose information on the victims and harms caused. The Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime delivers a systematic, high-quality, and truly global approach to the topic and with it a more complete understanding of organized crime in its many forms for researchers, government officials, and policymakers.--Provided by publisher

Cover 1
Series 3
The Oxford Handbook of
Organized Crime
Edited by
Letizia Paoli 4
Copyright 5
Contents 6
List of Contributors 10
Introduction 16
Part I Concept, Theories, History, and Research Methods 26
1 Organized Crime: A Contested Concept 28
2 Theoretical Perspectives on Organized Crime 47
3 Searching for Organized Crime in History 68
4 How to Research Organized Crime 111
Part II Actors and Interactions 134
5 The Italian Mafia 136
6 The Italian-American Mafia 157
7 The Russian Mafia: Rise and Extinction 174
8 Organized Crime in Colombia: The Actors Running the Illegal Drug Industry 192
9 Mexican Drug “Cartels” 211
10 Chinese Organized Crime 234
11 The Japanese Yakuza 249
12 Nigerian Criminal Organizations 269
13 Gangs: Another Form of Organized Crime? 285
14 Opportunistic Structures of Organized Crime 303
15 Organizing Crime: The State as Agent 318
16 The Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime 336
Part III Markets and Activities 356
17 Protection and Extortion 358
18 Drug Markets and Organized Crime 374
19 Human Smuggling, Human Trafficking, and Exploitation in the Sex Industry 396
20 Illegal Gambling 417
21 Money Laundering 434
22 Arms Trafficking 459
23 Organized Fraud 475
24 Cybercrime 497
25 The Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources 515
Part IV Policies to Control Organized Crime 542
26 Organized Crime Control in the United States of America 544
27 U.S. Organized Crime Control Policies Exported Abroad 560
28 European Union Organized Crime Control Policies 587
29 The Fight against the Italian Mafia 608
30 Organized Crime Control in Australia and New Zealand 627
31 Organized Crime “Control” in Asia: Experiences from India, China, and the Golden Triangle 649
32 Finance-Oriented Strategies of Organized Crime Control 670
Index 690

The Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime provides an informed, authoritative, and comprehensive overview of current knowledge about the nature and effects of the principal forms of organized crime, as well as the type and effectiveness of efforts to prevent and control them.

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