Organized crime : analyzing illegal activities, criminal structures and extra-legal governance /
Klaus von Lampe, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.
- xx, 467 pages ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-451) and index.
Part I: Organized Crime as a Construct and as an Object of Study -- Chapter 1: Introduction - The Study of Organized Crime -- Chapter 2: The Concept of Organized Crime -- Chapter 3: Organized Crime Research -- PART II: Empirical Manifestations of Organized Crime -- Chapter 4: Organized Criminal Activities -- Chapter 5: Criminal Structures – An Overview -- Chapter 6: Illegal Entrepreneurial Structures -- Chapter 7: Associational Structures -- Chapter 8: Illegal-Market Monopolies and Quasi-Governmental Structures -- Part III: Organized Crime and Society -- Chapter 9: The Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime -- Chapter 10: Organized Crime and Legitimate Business -- Chapter 11: Organized Crime and Government -- Chapter 12: Transnational Organized Crime -- PART IV: The Big Picture and the Arsenal of Countermeasures -- Chapter 13: The Big Picture of Organized Crime -- Chapter 14: Countermeasures Against Organized Crime -- Bibliography -- Index.
Organized Crime: Analyzing Illegal Activities, Criminal Structures, and Extra-legal Governance provides a systematic overview of the processes and structures commonly labeled "organized crime," drawing on the pertinent empirical and theoretical literature primarily from North America, Europe, and Australia. The main emphasis is placed on a comprehensive classificatory scheme that highlights underlying patterns and dynamics, rather than particular historical manifestations of organized crime. Esteemed author Klaus von Lampe strategically breaks the book down into three key dimensions: (1) illegal activities, (2) patterns of interpersonal relations that are directly or indirectly supporting these illegal activities, and (3) overarching illegal power structures that regulate and control these illegal activities and also extend their influence into the legal spheres of society. Within this framework, numerous case studies and topical issues from a variety of countries illustrate meaningful application of the conceptual and theoretical discussion.