Transnational crime and global security / Philip Reichel and Ryan Randa, editors.

Other author Reichel, Philip L., editor.
Other author Randa, Ryan, editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationSanta Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]
Copyright Date©2018
Description1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations.
Supplemental ContentEbook Central
Subjects
Transnational crime.
Organized crime.
Security, International.

SeriesPraeger security international
Praeger security international (Series) ^A1093028
Contents Volume One: Types of Transnational Crime. Introduction -- Part I: The Provision of Illicit Goods. Illicit Drug Trafficking -- Maritime Piracy and Global Security -- Fraudulent Medicine -- Trafficking in Antiquities -- Wildlife Crime and Security -- The Impact of Intellectual Property Violations on Economic Security Domestically and Globally -- Part II: The Provision of Illicit Services. The Act of Cleaning Illegal Profits: What We Know and Don't Know about Money Laundering -- Understanding Cybercrime -- Identity-Related Crimes -- Transnational Environmental Crime and Global Security -- Transnational Sex Trafficking: An Issue of State and Human Security -- Human Trafficking for Labor Exploitation -- Part III: Crimes Affecting Stability. How the Transnational Crime of Corruption Impacts Global Security -- Understanding Terrorism in the Modern Era -- Weaponization of Infectious Disease.
Contents Volume Two: Security Implications of Transnational Crime. Introduction -- Part I: Understanding Transnational Crime. Researching Transnational Crime with Open Access Online Resources -- International Efforts to Measure Transnational Crime and Their Implications for Criminologists -- Victimology and Transnational Crime -- Part II: Consequences of Transnational Crime. Crime Displacement as a Result of Transnational Organized Crime Control Measures -- Policy and Practice of Dealing with Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters -- Cyber Attacks: Cybercrime or Cyber War? -- Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sendai Framework: Conflict and Insecurity as Risk Drivers -- The Financing of Terrorism and Insurgency through Drug Trafficking -- Pollution Crimes and Global Security -- Part III: Responding to Transnational Crime. Fostering International Cooperation in Criminal Matters: The UNODC Mutual Legal Assistance Request Writer Tool -- International Mutual Assistance to Ensure Safety and Security at Sports Competitions and Other Major Events -- Using Big Data Analytics to Reinforce Security -- The Role of Multilateral Development Donors in Stimulating Criminal Justice Reform in Developing Countries -- Combatting Transnational Crime Takes a Public-Private Partnership -- Stakeholder Convergence: Public-Private Responses to Transnational Crime -- The Globalized Reach of U.S. Crime Policy -- About the Editors and Contributors.
Abstract This two-volume work offers a comprehensive examination of the distressing topics of transnational crime and the implications for global security -- Represents global collaboration among contributors including scholars from respected universities in Europe, North America, and Australia; professionals at public policy research institutes; and researchers at several United Nations entities -- Provides perspectives from contributors of geographic diversity and varied backgrounds that combine to form a global panorama of crime and security topics -- Provides readers a single work to learn about both specific transnational crimes (Volume 1) and efforts to prevent and combat those crimes (Volume 2) -- Prefaces each chapter with an introduction that contextualizes content for closer reading -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Transnational crime and global security. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018] 9781440843174
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017031055
ISBN9781440843181 (electronic book)
ISBN144084318X (electronic book)
ISBN(set hardcover)

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