Transnational organized crime challenges for future research

This essay and review seeks to assess the state of empirical research on transnational organized crime, drawing on a review of the English language academic literature. It identifies major themes and research questions as well as methodological approaches, and summarizes key findings. It also addres...

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Main Author: Lampe, Klaus von 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2012, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-194
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Criminal Group
Criminal Organization
Drug Trafficking
Human Trafficking
Organize Crime
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Summary:This essay and review seeks to assess the state of empirical research on transnational organized crime, drawing on a review of the English language academic literature. It identifies major themes and research questions as well as methodological approaches, and summarizes key findings. It also addresses challenges to meaningful research, arguing that internationally coordinated research projects will be necessary in the future to arrive at the insights necessary to inform theory and policy.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 189-194
ISSN:1573-0751
DOI:10.1007/s10611-012-9377-y