Windle / Morrison / Winter Historical Perspectives on Organized Crime and Terrorism

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-317-22797-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 220 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge SOLON Explorations in Crime and Criminal Justice Histories

In recent years, in the context of the War on Terror and globalisation, there has been an increased interest in terrorism and organised crime in academia, yet historical research into such phenomena is relatively scarce. This book resets the balance and emphasises the importance of historical research to understanding terrorism and organised crime.

This book explores historical accounts of organised crime and terrorism, drawing on research from around the world in such areas as the USA, UK, Ireland, France, Colombia, Somalia, Burma, and Trinidad and Tobago. Combining key case studies with fresh conceptualizations of organized crime and terrorism, this book reinvigorates scholarship by comparing and contrasting different historical accounts and considering their overlaps. Critical ‘lessons learned’ are drawn out from each chapter, providing valuable insights for current policy, practice and scholarship. This book is an indispensable guide for understanding the wider history of terrorism and organised crime. It maps key historical changes and trends in this area and underlines the vital importance of history in understanding critical contemporary issues.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach and written by leading criminologists, historians and political scientists, this book will be of particular interest to students of terrorism/counter-terrorism, organised crime, drug policy, criminology, security studies, politics, international relations and history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Windle, James

Morrison, John F.

Winter, Aaron

Silke, Andrew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Hawking the historical method in organised crime and terrorism studies (James Windle, John F. Morrison, Aaron Winter and Andrew Silke)

Organised Crime

2. ‘A citadel of crime’: Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the O’Connor System (James A. Densley)

3. The causes of traditional organized crime: Comparing Chicago and New York (Robert M Lombardo)

4. The French Connection: A brief critical history (Ryan Gingeras)

5. 'He just wasn’t the bloke I used to know': Social capital and the fragmentation of a British organised crime network (James Windle)

Terrorism

6. 1975: The truce that changed the Troubles (John F. Morrison)

7. The Klan is history: A historical perspective on the revival of the far-right in ‘post-racial’ America (Aaron Winter)

Terrorism and Organised Crime?

8. Somali maritime predation: Traditional piracy or a new form of terrorism? (Anamika Twyman-Ghoshal)

9. Narcoterrorism in Colombia (Francis Gaffney)

10. Empire, war, decolonisation and the birth of the illicit opium trade in Burma, 1800-1961 (John Collins)

11. Jamaat-al-Muslimeen: The blurred lines between organised crime and terrorism in Trinidad and Tobago (Andrew Silke)

Index

Über Autor(innen)

James Windle is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of East London.

John Morrison is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of East London.

Aaron Winter is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of East London.

Andrew Silke is Professor, Head of Criminology and Director Terrorism Studies at the University of East London.