Multinational Crime: Terrorism, Espionage, Drug and Arms Trafficking / Edition 1

by John M. Martin, Anne T. Romano

Overview

This book considers multinational systemic crime - crimes by various kinds of organizations that operate across national boundaries and in two or more countries simultaneously. This concept refers to a variety of criminal behaviour systems including, but not limited to, the four crimes examined in this volume: terrorism, espionage, drug and arms trafficking. These offences carry strong connotations of evil, and yet outrage quickly becomes justification when, for example, espionage is carried out in the name of national security.

The authors examine these issues from the perspective of interactions and social and cultural conflict theories. In the absence of a global criminal justice system, this book studies the criminal or

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803945982
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/20/1992
Series:	Studies in Crime, Law, and Criminal Justice , #9
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.41(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Multinational Systemic Crime
Terrorism and Espionage
Drug-Trafficking and Arms-Trafficking
Three Pertinent Observations
Approaching The Study of Multinational Systemic Crime
Some Historical and Contemporary Contexts of Multinational Systemic Crime