Organized Crime

Michael D. Lyman, Gary W. Potter

Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004 - Social Science - 586 pages

"Organized Crime, Third Edition" enlivens today's discussion of hot criminal topics: who the organized crime players are, what they do, and how to bring them to justice. The third edition features discussions of the following: New topics:

• Arms trafficking
• Contraband smuggling
• Counterfeiting
• Environmental crime
• Trafficking in gems and gold
• High-tech crime
• Intellectual property rights violations
• Trafficking in women and children

Updates on:

• Trafficking in nuclear material
• 21st century terrorism and the impact of 9-11
• Albanian drug smuggling networks
• Expansion of Chinese and Japanese organized crime
• Mexican, Nigerian, Dominican drug syndicates
• Recent changes in Southeast/Southwest Asia
• Drug trafficking trends
• Piracy

"Organized Crime, Third Edition," gives students what they need to know about organized crime and the criminal justice system's fight to stop it. Exciting current topics, along with fully-updated research and references, will keep students abreast of the most important issues and trends in organized crime today!

Bibliographic information

• Title: Organized Crime
• Authors: Michael D. Lyman, Gary W. Potter
• Edition: 3, illustrated
• Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004
• ISBN: 013112286X, 9780131122864
• Length: 586 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Criminology; True Crime / General; True Crime / Organized Crime