Organized Crime Books

New and Published Books

1. Peace Operations and Organized Crime

   Enemies or Allies?

   Edited by James Cockayne, Adam Lupel

   Series: Cass Series on Peacekeeping

   Peace operations are increasingly on the front line in the international community’s fight against organized crime; this book explores how, in some cases, peace operations and organized crime are clear enemies, while in others, they may become tacit allies. The threat posed by organized crime to...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
2. Policing Serious Crime in China

   From 'Strike Hard' to 'Kill Fewer'

   By Susan Trevaskes

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   Despite a resurgence in the number of studies of Chinese social control over the past decade or so, no sustained work in English has detailed the recent developments in policy and practice against serious crime, despite international recognition that Chinese policing of serious crime is relatively...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. Criminal Insurgencies in Mexico and the Americas

   The Gangs and Cartels Wage War

   Edited by Robert Bunker

   In recent years, the south-western border of the United States has come under increasing pressure from the activities of Mexican narco-insurgents. These insurgents have developed rapidly from beginnings as nebulous gangs into networked cartels that have exposed the porosity of the border. These...

   Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. Crime-Terror Alliances and the State

   Ethnonationalist and Islamist Challenges to Regional Security

   By Lyubov Mincheva, Ted Robert Gurr

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book examines the trans-border connections between militant and criminal networks and the relationship between these and the states in which they operate. "Unholy alliances" is a term used to describe hybrid trans-border militant and criminal networks that pose serious threats to security in...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
5. Somalia: State Collapse, Terrorism and Piracy

   Edited by Brian Hesse

   The situation in Somalia today embodies some of the most pressing issues in international relations. How should the international community deal with the collapsed state that is Somalia? From the presence of al-Qaeda operatives to pirates, to what extent is Somalia a threat to global peace and...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
6. Intersections of Crime and Terror

   Edited by James J.F. Forest

   During the last ten years an increasing number of government and media reports, scholarly books and journal articles, and other publications have focused our attention on the expanded range of interactions between international organized crime and terrorist networks. A majority of these...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
7. Organised Sexual Abuse

   By Michael Salter

   Organised Sexual Abuse offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary investigation of this phenomenon. Since the early 1980s, social workers and mental health professionals around the globe have encountered clients reporting sexual abuse by organized groups or networks. These allegations have been...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
8. Fighting Corruption in Eastern Europe

   A Multilevel Perspective

   Edited by Diana Schmidt-Pfister, Holger Moroff

   Anti-corruption programmes, projects and campaigns have come to constitute an essential aspect of good governance promotion over the last two decades. The post-communist countries in Eastern Europe have presented one of the first key targets of transnational anti-corruption efforts, and indeed most...

   Published May 31st 2012 by Routledge
9. Corruption and Organized Crime in Europe

   Illegal partnerships

   By Philip Gounev, Vincenzo Ruggiero

   Series: Organizational Crime

   In Corruption and Organised Crime in Europe, Gounev and Ruggiero present a discussion of the relation between organized criminals and corruption in the EU’s 27 Member States. The book draws on research and scholarly work the editors carried out, respectively, within the Center for the Study of...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
10. Fear and Crime in Latin America

    Redefining State-Society Relations

    By Lucía Dammert

    Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics

    The feeling of insecurity is a little known phenomenon that has been only partially explored by social sciences. However, it has a deep social, cultural and economic impact and may even contribute to define the very structures of the state. In Latin America, fear of crime has become an important...

    Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge