Vietnamese Organized Crime in the Czech Republic

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-43612-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 358 g

Reihe: Crime Prevention and Security Management

This book provides a complex, socio-anthropological analysis of organized crime operating in the Vietnamese diaspora in the Czech Republic, and its international implications. Currently, there are about four million people of Vietnamese descent living in this diaspora and many other countries, looking for an opportunity to improve their lives. This book draws upon original and primary research including interviews, participant observation and documentary analysis to trace the migration and history of the Vietnamese diaspora in the Czech Republic. It highlights the influence of crime, criminality and Vietnamese organized crime on the social organization and everyday life of the diaspora. It also examines the whole range of organized crime activities that they engage in and argues that they develop contemporary diasporic Asian crime networks which are shaped by the social environment of the host countries. This unique book contributes to the discourse on the changing identitiesof the migrants and analyses this crime in a comparative perspective - particularly focusing on Central Europe - to provide insights on migration and crime for a wider international audience.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kraus, Filip

Nožina, Miroslav

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Theoretical Background, Research Methods And Information Sources.- 2. Vietnamese Migration To The Czech Republic And The Appearance Of Vietnamese Criminal Networks.- 3. The World Of The Vietnamese Diaspora In The Czech Republic.- 4. Vietnamese Criminal Activities In The Czech Republic.- 5. Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Miroslav Nožina is Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Relations, Prague, Czech Republic. He is specialized in social anthropology/cultural criminology and Southeast Asian Studies. His recent research focuses on Vietnamese organized crime, geopolitics of drugs and wildlife crime. 
Filip Kraus is Senior Researcher and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Asian Studies, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. He is a former policeman who was responsible for combating Vietnamese organized crime at the National Centre Against Organised Crime of the Criminal Police and Investigation Service, Police of the Czech Republic. He has published number of books, articles and lectures on these issues.