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ISBN-10 :  3319535685 

ISBN-13 :  9783319535685

Author:  Dr. Anna Sergi 

This book presents primary research conducted in Italy, USA, Australia and the UK on countering strategies and institutional perceptions of Italian mafias and local organized crime groups. Through interviews and interpretation of original documents, this study firstly demonstrates the interaction between institutional understanding of the criminal threats and historical events that have shaped these perceptions. Secondly, it combines analysis of policies and criminal law provisions to identify how policing models which combat mafia and organised crime activities are organized and constructed in each country within a comparative perspective. After presenting the similarities between the four differing policing models, Sergi pushes the comparison further by identifying both conceptual and procedural convergences and divergences across both the four models and within international frameworks. By looking at topics as varied as mafia mobility, money laundering, drug networks and gang violence, this book ultimately seeks to reconsider the conceptualizations of both mafia and organized crime from a socio-behavioural and cultural perspective.

From Mafia to Organised Crime: A Comparative Analysis of Policing Models 1st Table of contents:

1 Introduction: The aims of this comparative research
Background of the Project
Notes on Research Methods
Comparative Research in Criminology, Criminal Justice and Criminal Law
Mafias and Organised Crime: Prejudices and Complexity of Comparing Socio-cultural Crimes
This Book
References
2 Mafia and Organised Crime: The Spectrum and the Models
Between Criminology and Criminal Law
The Socio-legal Identity of Organised Crime
The Socio-legal Identity of Mafia
The Organised Crime–Mafia Spectrum
Territorial Sovereignty
Ties with Society
Secrecy and Trust
Movements of Groups and Activities
The Spectrum
The Four Case Studies and the Four Policing Models
References
3 Case Study 1: Italy and the Structure Model
Section 1 The Birth and Evolution of Italian Mafias
Focus 1: Cosa Nostra and the Italian State in the 1990s
Focus 2: The Expansion of the ‘Ndrangheta Since the 1990s
The Hybridisation of Organised Crime and the Different Dimensions of the Mafia Concept
Section 2 Criminalising Mafias: Tolerability, Mafia Method and Control of the Territory
Mafia politics: Trafficking Favours, Corruption and External Support
Indirect Measures: Taking Back the Money, Taking Away the Power
The Italian Structure Policing Model
Criminalisation and Prosecution
The Social Dimension in the Policing Model
References
4 Case Study 2: United States of America and the Enterprise Model
Section 1 The Birth of the Mafia Conspiracy
Focus 1: The Mafia, La Cosa Nostra and the Ethnic Elements of the Mafia Conspiracy
Focus 2: 9/11 and International Organised Crime
Ethnic Ties Crystallised with Entrepreneurial Skills in a Securitised World
Section 2 Criminalising “the Mafia”, “La Cosa Nostra”, “the Mob”: Pride and Challenges
RICO: Enterprise and Pattern of Racketeering Activity
The Hybrid Nature of RICO and the Versatility of the Enterprise Paradigm
The Organised Crime Strategy Against “Non-traditional” and International Criminal Enterprises
The US Enterprise Policing Model
The Conceptualisation of Organised Crime
The Federal Approach and RICO
Fighting “Traditional” and “Non-traditional” Organised Crime
References
5 Case Study 3: Australia and the Visibility Model
Section 1 The Identity of Organised Crime Between Tradition and Modernity
Focus 1: The Bikies “Crisis”
Focus 2: The Calabrian-Australian ‘Ndrangheta
Organised Crime and Mafia: Between Forgetfulness and Visibility
Section 2 The Challenges of Multi-level Jurisdictions
A Fractured Criminal Law System
The Financial Approach
Policing Organised Crime in a Whole-of-Government Challenge
The Australian Visibility Policing Model
The Conceptualisation of Organised Crime
Between Federal and State Policing
References
6 Case Study 4: United Kingdom and the Activity Model
Section 1 The Identity of Organised Crime Between Street Crime and National Security
Focus 1: Liverpool
Focus 2: London
Gangs, Not Mafia. Disorganised Crime and Glocal Groups
Section 2 Policing Through Intelligence
Criminalising Organised Crime(s)
Proceeds of Crime, Criminal Lifestyles and Corruption
The UK Activity Policing Model
The Conceptualisation of Organised Crime and Mafia
The Classification of Organised Crime
The Criminalisation of Organised Crime(s)
References
7 Convergences and Divergences Across the Four Models
Section 1 Convergences and Divergences
Conceptual Convergences and Divergences
Follow the Money and Criminal Activities
Trafficking (Drugs)
Glocalisation/Transnationality
Procedural Convergences and Divergences
Intelligence versus Prosecution
Multi-agency Approaches
Stigmatisation and Symbolism
Criminalisation
Prevention
“Follow the Money” Procedures
Section 2 The Mafia Spectrum: Focus on Structures and Activities
Focus 1: Mafia Mobility
Focus 2: Social Dimensions of Mafias and Organised Crime
Focus 3: Criminalisation of Mafias, Organised Crime Groups and Drug Networks
Focus 4: Proceeds of Crime, Money Laundering and Unexplained Wealth
Criminal Behaviours, National Labelling and Policing Models
National Labelling: Ecomafia in Italy
National Labelling: Gang Violence in England and Wales
References
8 National Models and International Frameworks
International Frameworks, Cultural Relativism and Mutual Legal Assistance
Harmonisation and the Seriousness of Organised Crime in International Frameworks
Mutual Legal Assistance and Policies Against Organised Crime
Transnational Crimes, “Moving” Mafias and the Difficulty of “Labelling”
Framing “Mafia” in International Frameworks
The Terminology of “Mafia” and “Organised Crime” in International Settings
The Internationalisation of the Mafia Label and Its Ethnic Problem
On Transnational Policy Convergence
References
9 Conclusion: A Socio-behavioural Approach in Policing the Mafia–Organised Crime Spectrum
Cultural Differences and Legal Asymmetries
Socio-behavioural Approaches to Mafias and Organised Crime
A Redefinition of the Mafia Concept for a Cultural Integration of the Models
Conclusion: Towards Policing Through Culture

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