Organised Crime in Europe

by Fijnaut, Cyrille; Paoli, Letizia

• ISBN13: 9781402051364
• ISBN10: 1402051360
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-31
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Senior Research fellow, Department of Criminology, Max plank Institue for Foreign and International Criminal Law,Freiburg, Germany.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
General Introduction	p. 1
The History Of Organised Crime
Introduction to Part I	p. 21
The Mafia and the 'Problem of the Mafia': Organised Crime in Italy, 1820-1970	p. 47
Multiple Underworlds in the Dutch Republic of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries	p. 77
'Many a Lord is Guilty, Indeed For Many a Poor Man's Dishonest Deed': Gangs of Robbers in Early Modern Germany	p. 109
Banditry in Corsica: The Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries	p. 151
From Thievish Artel to Criminal Corporation: The History of Organised Crime in Russia	p. 181
Urban Knights and Rebels in the Ottoman Empire	p. 203
Comparative Synthesis of Part I	p. 225
Contemporary Patterns Of Organised Crime
Introduction to Part II	p. 239
Organised Crime in Italy: Mafia and Illegal Markets - Exception	p. 263
Crossing Borders: Organised Crime in the Netherlands	p. 303
Organised Crime in Germany: A Passe-Partout Definition Encompassing Different Phenomena	p. 333
How Organised is Organised Crime in France?	p. 357
Spain: The Flourishing Illegal Drug Haven in Europe	p. 387
The Nature and Representation of Organised Crime in the United Kingdom	p. 413
The Czech Republic: A Crossroads for Organised Crime	p. 435
Organised Crime in Poland: Its Development from 'Real Socialism' to Present Times	p. 467
Illegal Markets and Organised Crime in Switzerland: A Critical Assessment	p. 499
Organised Crime in Albania: The Ugly Side of Capitalism and Democracy	p. 537
Contemporary Russian Organised Crime: Embedded in Russian Society	p. 563
The Turkish Mafia and the State	p. 585
Comparative Synthesis of Part II	p. 603
Organised Crime Control Policies
Introduction to Part III	p. 625
The Paradox of Effectiveness: Growth, Institutionalisation and Evaluation of Anti-Mafia Policies in Italy	p. 641
Organised Crime Policies in the Netherlands	p. 677
Organised Crime Policies in Germany	p. 717
The Control of Organised Crime in France: A Fuzzy Concept but a Handy Reference	p. 763
Organised Crime Control Policies in Spain: A 'Disorganised' Criminal Policy for 'Organised' Crime	p. 795
The Making of the United Kingdom's Organised Crime Control Policies	p. 823
Denmark on the Road to Organised Crime	p. 853
Organised Crime Policies in the Czech Republic: A Hard Road from Under-Estimation to the European Standard	p. 879
The Development of Organised Crime Policies in Poland: From Socialist Regime to 'Rechtsstaat'	p. 899
Organised Crime Policies in Switzerland: Opening the Way for a New Type of Criminal Legislation	p. 931
Organised Crime Control in Albania: The Long and Difficult Path to Meet International Standards and Develop Effective Policies	p. 963
Anti-Organised Crime Policies in Russia	p. 987
Comparative Synthesis of Part III	p. 1035
General Conclusion	p. 1043
About the Authors	p. 1045
Index	p. 1053
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