Crime institute profile

Ivanka Sket

doi:10.1007/bf02242935

Crime institute profile

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research ◽

10.1007/bf02242935 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 155-161

Author(s):

Ivanka Sket

Keyword(s):

Crime Institute

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Crime institute profile

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research ◽

10.1007/bf02736681 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 125-128

Author(s):

Marianne Håkansson

Keyword(s):

Crime Institute

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Introduction

Mafias on the Move ◽

10.23943/princeton/9780691128559.003.0001 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Federico Varese

Keyword(s):

Multinational Corporations ◽

Organized Crime ◽

State System ◽

Population Migration ◽

Modern State ◽

Washington Dc ◽

Transnational Organized Crime ◽

And Control ◽

Crime Institute

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the book's key themes. The book examines mafias' ability to transplant in new and distant territories. Conventional wisdom suggests that organized crime migrates easily due to the spread of globalization and population migration, and criminal multinational corporations are increasingly unattached to a specific territory. According to Louise Shelley, the director of the Transnational Crime Institute in Washington, DC, “international organized crime has globalized its activities for the same reasons as legitimate multinational corporations.” Many authors argue that the notions of territorial entrenchment and control are becoming obsolete for a “Global Crime Inc.” that “transcends the sovereignty that organizes the modern state system.” The “transnational organized crime consensus” is influential among policymakers.

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