Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part I: Organized Crime as a Construct and as an Object of Study
Chapter 1: Introduction - The Study of Organized Crime
Phenomena Associated With Organized Crime
Conceptual Confusion
What Is the Object of Study in the Study of Organized Crime?
Chapter 2: The Concept of Organized Crime
The Conceptual History of Organized Crime
The Reception of the American Concept of Organized Crime in Other Countries
Lessons to Be Learned From the Conceptual History of Organized Crime
Overview of Definitions of Organized Crime
Outline of a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Organized Crime
The Concept of Organized Crime: Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 3: Organized Crime Research
The Study of Organized Crime as an Academic Subdiscipline
The History of the Study of Organized Crime
The Main Lines of Contemporary Research
Challenges to the Study of Organized Crime
Research on Organized Crime: Summary and Conclusion
PART II: Empirical Manifestations of Organized Crime
Introduction to Part II
Chapter 4: Organized Criminal Activities
Why Study Organized Criminal Activities Separate From Criminal Organizations?
Outline of This Chapter
Case Study: Cocaine Trafficking
Case Study: The Trafficking in Stolen Motor Vehicles
Conceptualizations of Organized Criminal Activities
The Main Types of Organized Criminal Activities
Illegal Markets
The Conceptualization of Particular Organized Criminal Activities
Organized Criminal Activities: Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 5: Criminal Structures – An Overview
Introduction
Case Study: Pedophile Networks
Existing Classifications of Criminal Organizations
The Three Basic Types of Criminal Structures
The Basic Forms of Criminal Structures: Markets, Networks, and Hierarchies
The Conceptualization of Criminal Networks
The Emergence and Persistence of Criminal Network Ties
Criminal Structures: Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 6: Illegal Entrepreneurial Structures
Introduction
Case Study: The Lavin Enterprise
The Illegal Firm
Conceptualizing Illegal Entrepreneurial Structures
Explaining the Structure of Illegal Firms
Illegal Entrepreneurial Structures: Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 7: Associational Structures
Introduction
Case Studies of Associations of Criminals
Variations Across Illegal Associational Structures
The Core Functions of Associational Structures
Delineating Associational Structures from Entrepreneurial Structures and from Quasi-Governmental Structures
Associational Structures: Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 8: Illegal-Market Monopolies and Quasi-Governmental Structures
Introduction
Case Study: The American Cosa Nostra
Illegal-Market Monopolies and Quasi-Governmental Structures
Monopolies in Illegal Markets
Quasi-Governmental Structures
Delineating Illegal-Market Monopolies and Quasi-Governmental Structures
Illegal-Market Monopolies and Monopolies of Violence: Summary and Conclusion
Part III: Organized Crime and Society
Chapter 9: The Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime
Introduction
The Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime: Illegal Goods and Services
The Social Embeddedness of Organized Criminals
The Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime: Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 10: Organized Crime and Legitimate Business
Introduction
Conceptualizations of Organized Crime and Legitimate Business Along the Dimensions of Activities, Structures, and Governance
Organized Criminals and Legitimate Business
Racketeering: Criminal Control Over Business Sectors
Business Sectors Vulnerable to Criminal Influence
Organized Crime and Legitimate Business: Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 11: Organized Crime and Government
Introduction
Conceptualizations of Organized Crime and Government: Activities, Structures, and Governance
The Relationship Between Organized Crime and Government as Two Separate Entities
Organized Crime within Government
The Relationship Between Organized Crime and Government: Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 12: Transnational Organized Crime
Introduction
Transnational Criminal Activities
Cross-Border Mobility and Cross-Border Networking of Criminals
Transnational Criminal Structures
The Cyberization of Organized Crime and the Organization of Cybercrime
Transnational Organized Crime and Organized Cybercrime: Summary and Conclusion
Note
PART IV: The Big Picture and the Arsenal of Countermeasures
Introduction to Part IV
Chapter 13: The Big Picture of Organized Crime
Introduction
The Range of Phenomena That Fall Under the Umbrella Concept of Organized Crime
Modelling Organized Crime
Typologies of Organized Crime
Trajectories in the Development of Organized Crime
The Big Picture of Organized Crime: Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 14: Countermeasures Against Organized Crime
Introduction
Substantive Criminal Law as an Instrument Against Organized Crime
Investigative Tools and Institutional Innovations as Instruments Against Organized Crime
Non-Criminal Justice Approaches to Combating ‘Organized Crime’
Combating Organized Crime: Summary and Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Klaus von Lampe is an associate professor in the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He teaches courses in the areas of criminology, comparative criminal justice and international criminal justice. Prior to coming to John Jay College in 2008, he has, for many years, directed the Organized Crime Research Project at Free University Berlin, Germany, and practiced law as an attorney with a specialization in representing victims of investment fraud. Dr. von Lampe is the author, co-author and co-editor of numerous books, book chapters and journal articles on crime, crime prevention and corruption with a special focus on the illegal cigarette trade, illegal power structures, and transnational crime. Since 2007, he has been Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Trends in Organized Crime and a past President (2012-2013) of the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime.

Reviews

" It is without question, the most comprehensive and robust treatment of organized crime research, theories and perspectives that has been published to date."
*Frederick T. Martens*

"This book makes an important contribution to the academic literature. It moves well beyond the usual examination of "mafia" groups that has dominated the organized crime literature for years."
*Robert Lombardo*

"(...) the reading is engaging, due to the concise expression and the short length of the chapters that permit the best absorption of elaborate concepts (...) although the topic itself is complex and eludes exhaustive presentation, von Lampe uses his extensive knowledge to present the pivotal developments in the field of organised crime (...)"
*Elena Sciandra*

"This is a major contribution to the literature. I like it enormously, and although I do not use a single text I recommend to my transnational organized crime class that if they buy one book it should be ′Organized Crime: Analyzing illegal activities, criminal structures, and extra-legal governance."
*Phil Williams*

"Organized Crime: Analyzing illegal activities, criminal structures, and extra-legal governance is by far the most comprehensive and thoughtful treatment of the subject matter I′ve ever come across and I don′t see this changing easily in the foreseeable future either."  
*Georgios Antonopoulos & Georgios Papanicolaou*