Organised Crime in Europe: Concepts, Patterns and Control Policies in the European Union and Beyond

Front Matter....Pages i-xxx
Introduction to Part I: The History of the Concept....Pages 21-46
The Mafia and the ‘Problem of the Mafia’: Organised Crime in Italy, 1820-1970....Pages 47-75
Multiple Underworlds in the Dutch Republic of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries....Pages 77-107
‘Many a Lord is Guilty, Indeed For Many a Poor Man's Dishonest Deed’: Gangs of Robbers in Early Mode....Pages 109-149
Banditry in Corsica: The Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries....Pages 151-180
From Thievish Artel to Criminal Corporation: The History of Organised Crime in Russia....Pages 181-202
Urban Knights and Rebels in the Ottoman Empire....Pages 203-224
Comparative Synthesis of Part I....Pages 225-235
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Introduction to Part II: Sources and Literature....Pages 239-262
Organised Crime in Italy: Mafia and Illegal Markets – Exception and Normality....Pages 263-302
Crossing Borders: Organised Crime in the Netherlands....Pages 303-331
Organised Crime in Germany: A Passe-Partout Definition Encompassing Different Phenomena....Pages 333-356
How Organised is Organised Crime in France?....Pages 357-385
Spain: The Flourishing Illegal Drug Haven in Europe....Pages 387-412
The Nature and Representation of Organised Crime in the United Kingdom....Pages 413-434
The Czech Republic: A Crossroads for Organised Crime....Pages 435-465
Organised Crime in Poland: Its Development from ‘Real Socialism’ to Present Times....Pages 467-498
Illegal Markets and Organised Crime in Switzerland: A Critical Assessment....Pages 499-535
Organised Crime in Albania: The Ugly Side of Capitalism and Democracy....Pages 537-562
Contemporary Russian Organised Crime: Embedded in Russian Society....Pages 563-584
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
The Turkish Mafia and the State....Pages 585-601
Comparative Synthesis of Part II....Pages 603-621
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Introduction to Part III: The Initiatives of the European Union and the Council of Europe....Pages 625-640
The Paradox of Effectiveness: Growth, Institutionalisation and Evaluation of Anti-Mafia Policies in Italy....Pages 641-675
Organised Crime Policies in the Netherlands....Pages 677-716
Organised Crime Policies in Germany....Pages 717-762
The Control of Organised Crime in France: A Fuzzy Concept but a Handy Reference....Pages 763-793
Organised Crime Control Policies in Spain: A ‘Disorganised’ Criminal Policy for ‘Organised’ Crime....Pages 795-821
The Making of the United Kingdom's Organised Crime Control Policies....Pages 823-851
Denmark on the Road to Organised Crime....Pages 853-878
Organised Crime Policies in the Czech Republic: A Hard Road from Under-Estimation to the European Standard....Pages 879-897
The Development of Organised Crime Policies in Poland: From Socialist Regime to ‘Rechtsstaat’....Pages 899-930
Organised Crime Policies in Switzerland: Opening the Way for a New Type of Criminal Legislation....Pages 931-961
Organised Crime Control in Albania: The Long and Difficult Path to Meet International Standards and Develop Effective Policies....Pages 963-986
Anti-Organised Crime Policies in Russia....Pages 987-1034
Comparative Synthesis of Part III....Pages 1035-1041
Front Matter....Pages 623-623
Comparative Synthesis of Part III....Pages 1035-1041
General Conclusion....Pages 1043-1044
Back Matter....Pages 1043-1074