Organised Crime and Law Enforcement

A Network Perspective
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-69453-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 365 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Organised Crime

Organised Crime and Law Enforcement: A Network Perspective examines organised crime and law enforcement through the conceptual lens of networks. The book takes stock of the many ways in which network theories and concepts, including social network analysis, can apply to studying both organised crime and law enforcement responses to organised crime. It is the first attempt to bring these diverse network perspectives and distinct fields of research together.

The book is organised into two parts. The first part uses network perspectives to advance our understanding of the interconnected social structure of organised criminal groups, to expose their strengths and vulnerabilities, and to illuminate factors that enable such groups to undertake complex criminal activities. The second part uses a network lens to examine the challenges that organised criminal groups present for a wide range of law enforcement agencies, and the utility of network theories and concepts in understanding and informing their responses to organised crime.

Written in a clear and direct style, the book will appeal to scholars and practitioners of criminology, sociology, law enforcement, and all those interested in learning more about theories of organised crime and its relationship with law enforcement.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bright, David

Whelan, Chad

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Prostitution und Sexindustrie: Soziale & Ethische Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

Part 1 Organised Crime

2. Organised Crime, Criminal Organisations, and Criminal Networks

3. Applying a Network Perspective to Organised Crime

4. Strengths and Vulnerabilities of Networks

5. Enablers of Organised Criminal Groups

Part 2 Law Enforcement

6. Organised Crime and Law Enforcement

7. Disrupting Organised Criminal Groups

8. Network Structure

9. Network Dynamics and Tensions

10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

David Bright is an Associate Professor of Criminology with the Centre for Crime Policy and Research at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.

Chad Whelan is an Associate Professor of Criminology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.