| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 323 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in crime and economics |
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Routledge studies in crime and economics.
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| Contents |
The ABCs of a comparative economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach -- Europe -- Italian mafias -- Russian mafias -- Vignette : Albanian mafia -- North America -- US mafia -- Mexican drug cartels -- Vignette : organized crime in Canada -- Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Basin -- Colombian drug cartels -- Gangs of the Caribbean -- Vignette : organized crime in Cuba -- Africsoa -- Resource wars -- Somali piracy -- Vignette : international trugs, trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism in North and West Africa -- Asia and Western Pacific -- Triads -- Yakuza -- Vignette : international drugs trafficking, organized scrime, and terrorism in Afghanistan |
| Summary |
Written in non-specialist language, An Economic History of Organized Crime provides an original overview of a crucial problem of our times: the growing scourge of global organized crime. This book can be read with profit by the general public, but it also has value for academic specialists and professionals in law enforcement |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Organized crime -- History
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Mafia -- History
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Transnational crime -- History
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Crime -- Economic aspects
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TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime.
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Crime -- Economic aspects
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Mafia
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Organized crime
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Transnational crime
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010050461 |
| ISBN |
9780203814253 |
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0203814258 |
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1283435047 |
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9781283435048 |
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9786613435040 |
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661343504X |
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9781136705816 |
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1136705813 |
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1136705821 |
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9781136705823 |
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