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International and Comparative Criminology Ser.: Global Underworld : Transnational Crime and the United States by Donald R. Liddick Jr. (2004, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-10027598074X

ISBN-139780275980740

eBay Product ID (ePID)12038290372

Product Key Features

Number of Pages176 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGlobal Underworld : Transnational Crime and the United States

SubjectGeneral, Organized Crime, Criminology

Publication Year2004

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw, True Crime, Social Science

AuthorDonald R. Liddick Jr.

SeriesInternational and Comparative Criminology Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight14.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2004-044380

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"[C]overs everything from Chinese Triads to Russian crime syndicates, to terrorism, to Nigerian con artists."- Tribune-Review, "[C]overs everything from Chinese Triads to Russian crime syndicates, to terrorism, to Nigerian con artists." Tribune-Review, "Liddick's intent is to provide not a theoretical analysis of transnational crime but a concise introduction to its scope, magnitude, and impact....The future is grim, as the only solutions offered as viable include widening surveillance and crime control measures, which inevitably endanger civil liberties. Recommended. All levels/libraries."- Choice, "Liddick's intent is to provide not a theoretical analysis of transnational crime but a concise introduction to its scope, magnitude, and impact....The future is grim, as the only solutions offered as viable include widening surveillance and crime control measures, which inevitably endanger civil liberties. Recommended. All levels/libraries." Choice

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal364.1/06/0973

Table Of ContentIntroduction and Overview Principal Transnational Crime Groups Affecting the United States and Canada Smuggling, Transnational Theft, and "Eco-Crime" Money Laundering and Other Financial Crimes Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction Responding to Transnational Organized Crime Summary and Conclusion Selected Bibliography

SynopsisTransnational crime is an increasing national security threat to the United States and to individual citizens around the world. Criminal groups both in the United Staes and abroad operate crime cartels that span national boundaries, but in ways that affect all Americans, and wreak havoc on law enforcement organizations as well as businesses and other entities, such as the stock market. More often than not, transnational crime takes the form of organized crime, and in its many forms is responsible for over-priced goods, unsafe products, environmental hazards, corruption of public officials, the exploitation of women and children, tax evasion, theft and piracy, identity theft, organ smuggling, stock market fraud, drug trafficking, and black market trading in armaments and weapons of mass destruction, among other scandals and forms of misconduct. Because perpetrators often act in collusion with legitimate organizations and other powerful elites, who either cooperate knowingly or unknowingly or are coerced through violence, dealing with the problem is especially difficult. Here, Liddick describes the many groups responsible for transnational crimes, and the nature and scale of their various enterprises. The result is a powerful testament to the globalization of criminal organizations and their danger to American society. From the Russian mafiya to Chinese Triads, from outlaw motorcycle gangs to Latin American drug cartels, the nature and incidence of transnational crime is a serious threat to American security, both at the national and the individual level. Because of America's porous borders, it is relatively easy for criminal foreigners to set up their organizations within the United States Moreover, there are well-established groups already present in the United States that are now capable of operating on a multinational level. While response to the problem has been overdue, recent efforts to address transnational crime include technological innovations and controversial legislation such as the Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act. But how well will these measures protect Americans from the increasing prevalence of criminal organizations that are capable of carrying out crimes that span the globe? This important book provides an engaging glimpse into the world of transnational crime through an introduction to the various groups involved, true stories of criminal misconduct, and a careful review and evaluation of efforts to address the problem., Provides a general overview of the nature and scale of transnational crime and how it affects the United States.

LC Classification NumberHV6252