Organized Crime

Klaus von Lampe is an associate professor in the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He teaches courses in the areas of criminology, comparative criminal justice and international criminal justice. Prior to coming to John Jay College in 2008, he has, for many years, directed the Organized Crime Research Project at Free University Berlin, Germany, and practiced law as an attorney with a specialization in representing victims of investment fraud. Dr. von Lampe is the author, co-author and co-editor of numerous books, book chapters and journal articles on crime, crime prevention and corruption with a special focus on the illegal cigarette trade, illegal power structures, and transnational crime. Since 2007, he has been Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Trends in Organized Crime and a past President (2012-2013) of the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorPart I: Organized Crime as a Construct and as an Object of StudyChapter 1: Introduction - The Study of Organized CrimePhenomena Associated With Organized CrimeConceptual ConfusionWhat Is the Object of Study in the Study of Organized Crime?Chapter 2: The Concept of Organized CrimeThe Conceptual History of Organized CrimeThe Reception of the American Concept of Organized Crime in Other CountriesLessons to Be Learned From the Conceptual History of Organized CrimeOverview of Definitions of Organized CrimeOutline of a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Organized CrimeThe Concept of Organized Crime: Summary and ConclusionChapter 3: Organized Crime ResearchThe Study of Organized Crime as an Academic SubdisciplineThe History of the Study of Organized CrimeThe Main Lines of Contemporary ResearchChallenges to the Study of Organized CrimeResearch on Organized Crime: Summary and ConclusionPART II: Empirical Manifestations of Organized CrimeIntroduction to Part IIChapter 4: Organized Criminal ActivitiesWhy Study Organized Criminal Activities Separate From Criminal Organizations?Outline of This ChapterCase Study: Cocaine TraffickingCase Study: The Trafficking in Stolen Motor VehiclesConceptualizations of Organized Criminal ActivitiesThe Main Types of Organized Criminal ActivitiesIllegal MarketsThe Conceptualization of Particular Organized Criminal ActivitiesOrganized Criminal Activities: Summary and ConclusionChapter 5: Criminal Structures – An OverviewIntroductionCase Study: Pedophile NetworksExisting Classifications of Criminal OrganizationsThe Three Basic Types of Criminal StructuresThe Basic Forms of Criminal Structures: Markets, Networks, and HierarchiesThe Conceptualization of Criminal NetworksThe Emergence and Persistence of Criminal Network TiesCriminal Structures: Summary and ConclusionChapter 6: Illegal Entrepreneurial StructuresIntroductionCase Study: The Lavin EnterpriseThe Illegal FirmConceptualizing Illegal Entrepreneurial StructuresExplaining the Structure of Illegal FirmsIllegal Entrepreneurial Structures: Summary and ConclusionChapter 7: Associational StructuresIntroductionCase Studies of Associations of CriminalsVariations Across Illegal Associational StructuresThe Core Functions of Associational StructuresDelineating Associational Structures from Entrepreneurial Structures and from Quasi-Governmental StructuresAssociational Structures: Summary and ConclusionChapter 8: Illegal-Market Monopolies and Quasi-Governmental StructuresIntroductionCase Study: The American Cosa NostraIllegal-Market Monopolies and Quasi-Governmental StructuresMonopolies in Illegal MarketsQuasi-Governmental StructuresDelineating Illegal-Market Monopolies and Quasi-Governmental StructuresIllegal-Market Monopolies and Monopolies of Violence: Summary and ConclusionPart III: Organized Crime and SocietyChapter 9: The Social Embeddedness of Organized CrimeIntroductionThe Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime: Illegal Goods and ServicesThe Social Embeddedness of Organized CriminalsThe Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime: Summary and ConclusionChapter 10: Organized Crime and Legitimate BusinessIntroductionConceptualizations of Organized Crime and Legitimate Business Along the Dimensions of Activities, Structures, and GovernanceOrganized Criminals and Legitimate BusinessRacketeering: Criminal Control Over Business SectorsBusiness Sectors Vulnerable to Criminal InfluenceOrganized Crime and Legitimate Business: Summary and ConclusionChapter 11: Organized Crime and GovernmentIntroductionConceptualizations of Organized Crime and Government: Activities, Structures, and GovernanceThe Relationship Between Organized Crime and Government as Two Separate EntitiesOrganized Crime within GovernmentThe Relationship Between Organized Crime and Government: Summary and ConclusionChapter 12: Transnational Organized CrimeIntroductionTransnational Criminal ActivitiesCross-Border Mobility and Cross-Border Networking of CriminalsTransnational Criminal StructuresThe Cyberization of Organized Crime and the Organization of CybercrimeTransnational Organized Crime and Organized Cybercrime: Summary and ConclusionNotePART IV: The Big Picture and the Arsenal of CountermeasuresIntroduction to Part IVChapter 13: The Big Picture of Organized CrimeIntroductionThe Range of Phenomena That Fall Under the Umbrella Concept of Organized CrimeModelling Organized CrimeTypologies of Organized CrimeTrajectories in the Development of Organized CrimeThe Big Picture of Organized Crime: Summary and ConclusionChapter 14: Countermeasures Against Organized CrimeIntroductionSubstantive Criminal Law as an Instrument Against Organized CrimeInvestigative Tools and Institutional Innovations as Instruments Against Organized CrimeNon-Criminal Justice Approaches to Combating ‘Organized Crime’Combating Organized Crime: Summary and ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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