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Dangerous Decisions

Problem Solving in Tomorrow's World

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Enid Mumford

    1. University of Manchester, Manchester, England

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-11

  3. The Problems of Problem Solving

    Pages 13-24

  4. Choosing Problem-Solving Methods

    Pages 25-39

  5. Problem Solving by Specialist Groups

    Pages 41-58

  6. Problem Solving and the Police

    Pages 59-73

  7. Drug Dealers and Drug Barons as Problem Solvers

    Pages 75-87

  8. Understanding the Drug Problem

    Pages 89-101

  9. Tackling the Drug Problem

    Pages 103-119

  10. Operational Guidelines for Problem Solving

    Pages 121-132

  11. Different Groups with Different Problems

    Pages 133-148

  12. Cyber Crime

    Pages 149-167

  13. Addressing Cyber Crime Problems

    Pages 169-184

  14. Money Laundering

    Pages 185-196

  15. The Challenges of Problem Solving

    Pages 197-212

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 213-233
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About this book

In a world where technology is continually advancing, and problems are becoming more and more complex, established practices for decision making and problem solving are no longer effective. In this new book, however, Enid Mumford draws on her wealth of experience in management, business schools, and working with the police and other professional problem solvers to show us how to tackle complex problems efficiently.
With drugs and cyber-crime as her main examples Professor Mumford shows how these topical, yet apparently permanent problems, could be approached. She does this by looking at how the criminals themselves have overcome legal obstacles, and other problems to make the drug trafficking industry the second largest in the world today, and the relative newcomer, electronic fraud, a multi-billion dollar problem already. These crimes, which in themselves lead to more crime from petty theft to support a drug habit, to international money laundering, are incredibly complex, and yet the book shows us that there is not only a way forward with these issues, but a way to approach all complex problems with efficiency and competency, wherever they occur in our lives.

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`Overall, I would recommend this book as a useful alternative source of information for those interested in the psychology of drug and cyber crime. The book has a fin de siècle appeal that forces us to see how much the world changed in the 1990s.'
Legal and Criminological Psychology, 6(2001)

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  • University of Manchester, Manchester, England

    Enid Mumford

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