Global Crime Connections: Dynamics and Control

by Frank Pearce (Editor), Michael Woodiwiss (Editor)

Overview

This volume examines the dynamics and control of organized and corporate crime in their national and international contexts. Global developments since the Second World War have combined to produce social, economic and political environments which have increased both the profitability and destructive impact of systematic illegal activity. These articles challenge the simplistic assumption that crime is caused by bad individuals, acting alone or conspiring together, and that crime can be adequately dealt with by increasing conventional police activity. This assumption does not square with the available empirical evidence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333522547
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/26/1993
Series:	Insights
Edition description:	1993
Pages:	269
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction - Crime's Global Reach; M.Woodiwiss - All About Eve: The Many Faces of US Drug Policy; B.Bullington - After Mr Bennett and Mr Bush: US Foreign Policy and the Prospects for Drug Control; N.Dorn & N.South - Defending the Mountaintop: Organized Crime and the Disposal of Toxic Waste; A.Block - The Camorra: 'Clean' Capital and Organized Crime; V.Ruggiero - EEC Fraud: A Suitable Case for Treatment; M.Clarke - US Capital versus the Third World: Union Carbide and Bhopal; F.Pearce & S.Tombs - The Politics of Corporate Crime Control; L.Snider - Index

Editorial Reviews

Published in both cloth (unseen) and paper editions, this collection of original essays challenges simplistic notions of crime and its control, discussing its international character, the impact of US drug policy, the politics (and criminal element) of hazardous waste disposal and other environmental degradations, and corporate crime. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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