Organized Crime: Causes and Consequences

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Series: Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement and Corrections
BISAC: SOC004000

This book studies the causes and consequences of organized crime drawing on research from around the world including the countries of Colombia, China, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Sweden and the United States. It also includes a discussion of transnational crime and several other key theoretical topics. One important issue examined in this text is the difference between the terms organized crime, international organized crime and transnational organized crime, an often-confusing subject. As the title indicates, one of the goals of this volume is to identify the causes of organized crime. Working independently, the contributing authors have identified similar characteristics as the causes of organized crime no matter the country, culture or time period. For those teaching organized crime at the university level, this book will be a valuable resource. It provides both an in-depth and analytical look at the world’s most powerful and persistent criminal organizations.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book contains both qualitative and quantitative research. The works are all original, there are no reprinted chapters in this volume. This text not only provides historical background on the world’s most powerful criminal organizations, but also challenges common assumptions about the organization of these infamous groups. This is no “guns and garlic” book but contains in-depth sociological analyses of current trends in organized crime, one that should be of interest to government officials and those responsible for setting public policy. While this book will be of interest to the serious student, non-academics and casual readers alike will also be interested in the work presented here. It provides a fascinating look at a serious social problem, one that is forever evolving and will continue to challenge the international community.
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Preface

Chapter 1. The Outfit: Chicago’s Traditional Organized Crime Family
(Arthur J. Lurigio, PhD, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, US)

Chapter 2. Organized Crime as Practice: The Chicago Heights Crew
(Louis Corsino, PhD, North Central College, Naperville, IL, US)

Chapter 3. Racket Subcultures: The Influence of Informal Social Control, Tolerance of Deviance and Legal Cynicism on Organized Crime
(Hollianne Marshall, PhD, California State University, Fresno, CA, US)

Chapter 4. The Sicilian Cosa Nostra: Moving between the Legal and Illegal Spheres
(Vincenzo Scalia, PhD, University of Winchester, Winchester, England)

Chapter 5. The META Camorra: An Ideological Description of Neapolitan Organized Crime
(Alessandro Cozzutto, PhD, Independent Researcher)

Chapter 6. The Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta: Between Tradition and Mobility
(Anna Sergi, PhD, Department of Sociology, University of Essex, England)

Chapter 7. The Causes, State and Consequences of Organized Crime: The View from Russia
(Yakov Gilinskiy, PhD, Russian State University of Education, St. Petersburg, Russia)

Chapter 8. The Shadow State and Organized Crime
(V. A. Nomokonov and V. V. Filippov, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia, and others)

Chapter 9. The Cause and Consequences of Chinese Organized Crime and the Triads
(George Chak Man Lee, PhD, University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England)

Chapter 10. Japan’s Yakuza: A Force to Be Reckoned With
(Grant Newsham, JD, Japan Forum for Strategic Studies)

Chapter 11. A History of Organized Crime in Mexico
(Elaine Carey, PhD, Purdue University Northwest, IN, US)

Chapter 12. Transnational Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: The Transformational Role of Criminalized States and the MS-13 Gang
(Douglas Farah and Caitlyn Yates, IBI Consultants, Washington DC, US)

Chapter 13. Ethnicity and Organized Crime: Outline of an Ethno-Symbolic Approach
(Micael Björk, PhD, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden)

Chapter 14. The Causes and Consequences of Gangland Violence in the Republic of Ireland
(James Windle PhD, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland)

Chapter 15. Transnational Organized Crime
(Frank G. Madsen, PhD, Queens’ College, Cambridge, England)

Chapter 16. The Causes of Organized Crime
(Robert Lombardo, PhD, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois)

Index

Keywords: Organized crime, international organized crime, transnational organized crime, transnational crime, ‘Ndrangheta, Camorra, Mafia, Triad Societies, Yakuza, Russian Mafia, MS 13, Colombian and Mexican Drug Cartels

This book contains an in-depth, sociological analysis of current trends in organized crime, one that should be of interest to scholars, government officials and those responsible for setting public policy. While this book will be read by serious students, non-academics and casual readers alike will also be interested in the work presented. It provides a fascinating look at a serious social problem, one that is forever evolving and continues to challenge the law enforcement community.

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