Transnational Crime and Global Security

[2 volumes]

Philip L. Reichel, Ryan Randa, Philip L. Reichel, Ryan Randa

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781440843174
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9798216157236
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: National Security
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This two-volume work offers a comprehensive examination of the distressing topics of transnational crime and the implications for global security.

National security is a key concern for individual nations, regions, and the global community, yet globalism has led to the perfusion of transnational crime such that it now poses a serious threat to the national security of governments around the world. Whether attention is concentrated on a particular type of transnational crime or on broader concerns of transnational crime generally, the security issues related to preventing and combatting transnational crime remain of top-priority concern for many governments.

Transnational Crime and Global Security has been carefully curated to provide students, scholars, professionals, and consultants of criminal justice and security studies with comprehensive information about and in-depth analysis of contemporary issues in transnational crime and global security. The first volume covers such core topics as cybercrime, human trafficking, and money laundering and also contains infrequently covered but nevertheless important topics including environmental crime, the weaponization of infectious diseases, and outlaw motorcycle gangs. The second volume is unique in its coverage of security issues related to such topics as the return of foreign terrorist fighters, using big data to reinforce security, and how to focus efforts that encourage security cooperation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Volume One: Types of Transnational Crime
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I: The Provision of Illicit Goods
• 1 Illicit Drug Trafficking
• 2 Maritime Piracy and Global Security
• 3 Fraudulent Medicine
• 4 Trafficking in Antiquities
• 5 Wildlife Crime and Security
• 6 The Impact of Intellectual Property Violations on Economic Security Domestically and Globally
• Part II: The Provision of Illicit Services
• 7 The Act of Cleaning Illegal Profits: What We Know and Don’t Know about Money Laundering
• 8 Understanding Cybercrime
• 9 Identity-Related Crimes
• 10 Transnational Environmental Crime and Global Security
• 11 Transnational Sex Trafficking: An Issue of State and Human Security
• 12 Human Trafficking for Labor Exploitation
• Part III: Crimes Affecting Stability
• 13 How the Transnational Crime of Corruption Impacts Global Security
• 14 Understanding Terrorism in the Modern Era
• 15 Weaponization of Infectious Disease
• About the Editors and Contributors
• Index
• Volume Two: Security Implications of Transnational Crime
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I: Understanding Transnational Crime
• 1 Researching Transnational Crime with Open Access Online Resources
• 2 International Efforts to Measure Transnational Crime and Their Implications for Criminologists
• 3 Victimology and Transnational Crime
• Part II: Consequences of Transnational Crime
• 4 Crime Displacement as a Result of Transnational Organized Crime Control Measures
• 5 Policy and Practice of Dealing with Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters
• 6 Cyber Attacks: Cybercrime or Cyber War?
• 7 Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sendai Framework: Conflict and Insecurity as Risk Drivers
• 8 The Financing of Terrorism and Insurgency through Drug Trafficking
• 9 Pollution Crimes and Global Security
• Part III: Responding to Transnational Crime
• 10 Fostering International Cooperation in Criminal Matters: The UNODC Mutual Legal Assistance Request Writer Tool
• 11 International Mutual Assistance to Ensure Safety and Security at Sports Competitions and Other Major Events
• 12 Using Big Data Analytics to Reinforce Security
• 13 The Role of Multilateral Development Donors in Stimulating Criminal Justice Reform in Developing Countries
• 14 Combatting Transnational Crime Takes a Public-Private Partnership
• 15 Stakeholder Convergence: Public-Private Responses to Transnational Crime
• 16 The Globalized Reach of U.S. Crime Policy
• About the Editors and Contributors
• Index