Organized Crime, Corruption and Crime Prevention

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Crime Prevention

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Bullying and Juvenile Delinquency: Common Risks, Different Outcomes: How to Prevent Recidivism

      • Anna Costanza Baldry

      Pages 3-12

   3. Script Analysis for Crime Controllers: Extending the Reach of Situational Crime Prevention

      • Benoit Leclerc

      Pages 13-20

   4. The Future of Crime Statistics

      • Chris Lewis

      Pages 21-24

   5. Preventing Crime in the United Arab Emirates

      • Gloria Laycock

      Pages 25-32

   6. Providing Opportunities: A Sixth Column for the Techniques of Situational Crime Prevention

      • Joshua D. Freilich, Graeme R. Newman

      Pages 33-42

   7. Preventing Crime and Evoking Altruism

      • Ken Pease

      Pages 43-49

   8. Policing and the Problem of Trust

      • Roberto Cornelli

      Pages 51-60

   9. Social Capital and Crime

      • Uberto Gatti

      Pages 61-66

3. Measuring, Accessing and Estimating Crime and its Cost

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Women Victimization Risk of Violence in Poland

      • Beata Z. Gruszczyńska

      Pages 69-75

   3. Criticising Social Indicators

      • David Nelken

      Pages 77-82

   4. Self-Reports as a Measure of Crime? A Theoretical Approach to Understanding its Strengths and Weaknesses

      • Ineke Haen Marshall

      Pages 83-91

   5. How to Record Data on Community Sanctions and Measures and the Work of Probation Agencies across Europe: The Approach of the European Sourcebook

      • Jörg-Martin Jehle, Stefan Harrendorf

      Pages 93-101

   6. Old and New Criminality: Territory, Society and Immigration in Italy

      • Luigi M. Solivetti

      Pages 103-114

   7. Analyzing Bank Robbery in Italy

      • Marco Dugato

      Pages 115-125

   8. Patterns of Theft and Fraud by Employees Against the Commercial Sector in Switzerland and in Italy

      • Giulia Mugellini, Giang Ly Isenring, Martin Killias

      Pages 127-134

   9. Immigrants as Victims of Crime

      • William F. McDonald

      Pages 135-140

4. Corruption, Money Laundering & Economic Crime

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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​​​This volume collects new contributions to research on mafias, organized crime, money laundering, and other forms of complex crimes, gathering some of the most authoritative and well-known scholars in the field. The chapters for this volume are original peices written in honor of the retirement of Dr. Ernesto U. Savona, highlighting his research and legacy. Throughout his academic career, Professor Ernesto U. Savona has investigated complex crimes ranging from organized crime, to economic crime, to money laundering. In his work, he has tried to bring together academics, policy makers, and practitioners to bring understanding for crime problems and innovative solutions. His passion towards the practical application of the findings of scientific research led him to found Transcrime in 1994, which is today among the most important criminological think-tanks in Europe.This important book is aimed at scholars studying criminal policy and research, particularly in the areas of criminal networks, organized crime, white collar crime, the history of criminology. 

• Criminal Networks
• Criminal Policy and Research
• International and Comparative Criminology
• Organized Crime
• Transnational Crime
• White Collar Crime

• TRANSCRIME, U. Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy

  Stefano Caneppele

• TRANSCRIME, U. Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy

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