Organized Crime: A Very Short Introduction

Georgios A. Antonopoulos · Georgios Papanicolaou

Jul 2018 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Steven Crossley

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For many people around the world, instances of what is described as organized crime may be part of their everyday experience; in their neighborhoods, their streets, and the places they work and live. Policymakers, law enforcement, and the media rarely fail to bring up the issue when discussing the nature and seriousness of contemporary criminal threats, and the appropriate responses towards them. Many more people are familiar with the notion of organized crime, as the film and TV industry regularly draw on fictional and real figures and situations. In this Very Short Introduction, Georgios A. Antonopoulos and Georgios Papanicolaou uncover the reality of organized crime in our world today. Shining a light on the people involved in organized crime, Antonopoulos and Papanicolaou question whether the term "organized" is used to evoke the image, the operations, and power of a legitimate organization, such as a corporation. Discussing whether there are particular crimes that the label "organized crime" applies to, or if any crime can be organized, they also consider what happens when organized crime extends beyond borders.

About the author

Georgios A. Antonopoulos is Professor of Criminology at Teesside University. He has been a visiting scholar at a number of universities in the U.K., Greece, Croatia, and the Netherlands. He is an associate of the Cross-Border Crime Colloquium and editor-in-chief of the journal Trends in Organised Crime.

Georgios Papanicolaou is the head of the Department of Criminology, Law, and Policing at Teesside University and an elected member of the Executive Board of the Greek Society for the Study of Crime and Social Control.

Steven Crossley has recorded over two hundred audiobooks and has won multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, his audiobook performances cover an eclectic range of subjects in both fiction and nonfiction.

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