Organized Crime, Corruption and Crime Prevention: Essays in Honor of Ernesto U. Savona

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Bullying and Juvenile Delinquency: Common Risks, Different Outcomes: How to Prevent Recidivism....Pages 3-12
Script Analysis for Crime Controllers: Extending the Reach of Situational Crime Prevention....Pages 13-20
The Future of Crime Statistics....Pages 21-24
Preventing Crime in the United Arab Emirates....Pages 25-32
Providing Opportunities: A Sixth Column for the Techniques of Situational Crime Prevention....Pages 33-42
Preventing Crime and Evoking Altruism....Pages 43-49
Policing and the Problem of Trust....Pages 51-60
Social Capital and Crime....Pages 61-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Women Victimization Risk of Violence in Poland....Pages 69-75
Criticising Social Indicators....Pages 77-82
Self-Reports as a Measure of Crime? A Theoretical Approach to Understanding its Strengths and Weaknesses....Pages 83-91
How to Record Data on Community Sanctions and Measures and the Work of Probation Agencies across Europe: The Approach of the European Sourcebook....Pages 93-101
Old and New Criminality: Territory, Society and Immigration in Italy....Pages 103-114
Analyzing Bank Robbery in Italy....Pages 115-125
Patterns of Theft and Fraud by Employees Against the Commercial Sector in Switzerland and in Italy....Pages 127-134
Immigrants as Victims of Crime....Pages 135-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Prevention of Corruption: Slovenian Perspective....Pages 143-150
An International Approach Towards Corruption....Pages 151-158
Corruption Dutch style....Pages 159-167
Psychology and Psychopathology of White collar crime....Pages 169-177
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Crime, Development and Corruption: Cultural Dynamic—Global Challenge?....Pages 179-186
A Review of the Causes and Effects of Corruption in the Economic Analysis....Pages 187-195
When Criminals Invest in Businesses: Are We Looking in the Right Direction? An Exploratory Analysis of Companies Controlled by Mafias....Pages 197-206
A Sociological and Juridical Redefinition of Usury....Pages 207-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Guns and Violence: In Search of Evidence....Pages 217-225
Internet Mafias? The Dis-Organisation of Crime on the Internet....Pages 227-238
Measuring the Presence of the Mafias in Italy....Pages 239-249
Underground Banking in the Netherlands....Pages 251-261
Choosing a Micro or Macro Perspective for Understanding Organized Crime: The Contributions of Ernesto Savona....Pages 263-268
The Business of Terrorism....Pages 269-276
A Bird’s Eye View on Chinese Organized Crime in North America....Pages 277-282
The Paradoxes of Social Research: Immigration and Criminality in Italy....Pages 283-292
Italian Mafias, Public Procurement and Public Works in Southern Italy....Pages 293-299
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Understanding Crime Trends in Italy and Elsewhere....Pages 303-313
Evolution of Criminology....Pages 315-320
International Collaboration in Criminology....Pages 321-326
The Changing Face of Organised Crime: Can Europol keep up?....Pages 327-334
Back Matter....Pages 335-337