Transnational Criminology

Trafficking and Global Criminal Markets

Simon Mackenzie (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

210 Seiten

2022
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-0380-6 (ISBN)

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This pioneering study looks across key trafficking crimes to develop a social theory of transnational criminal markets. Looking at how traffickers think of their illegal enterprises as 'just business', it draws broader lessons for the ways forward in understanding criminality in this emerging field.

This pioneering study looks across key trafficking crimes to develop a social theory of transnational criminal markets. These include human trafficking, drug dealing, and black markets in wildlife, diamonds, guns and antiquities,

The author offers an in-depth analysis of structural similarities and differences within illicit trade networks, and explores the economic underpinnings which drive global trafficking.

Revealing how traffickers think of their illegal enterprises as ‘just business’, he draws broader lessons for the ways forward in understanding criminality in this emerging field.

Simon Mackenzie is Professor of Criminology and Head of the School of Social and Cultural Studies at Victoria University of Wellington.

Introduction: Trafficking as Transnational Crime

Drug Trafficking

Human Trafficking

Wildlife Trafficking

Diamond Trafficking

Arms Trafficking

Antiquities Trafficking

Conclusion: A Social Theory of Transnational Criminal Markets

Erscheinungsdatum	19.04.2022
Reihe/Serie	New Horizons in Criminology
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-5292-0380-5 / 1529203805
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-0380-6 / 9781529203806
Zustand	Neuware