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In this Handbook, editor Philip Reichel has brought together renowned scholars from around the world to offer various perspectives providing global coverage of the increasingly transnational nature of crime and the attempts to provide cooperative cross-national responses. This volume not only has a comprehensive introduction to the topic of transnational crime but also provides specific examples such as international terrorism, drug trafficking, and money laundering to illustrate this ever expanding phenomenon. The Handbook also examines cross-national and international efforts by police, courts, international agencies, and correctional authorities to deal with transnational crime. Part IV concludes the book by addressing emerging issues in transnational crime and justice with particular attention given to transnational organized crime in all regions of the world.
A Historical Overview of Transnational Crime
A Historical Overview of Transnational Crime
The interest of scholars and practitioners in transnational crime took off in earnest during the 1990s, amid significant political and economic developments in the international system. The end of the Cold War, the demise of the Soviet Union shortly afterward, and the emergence of new states in Eastern Europe in this period marked the beginning of a new era. By the mid-1990s, the relatively orderly Cold War system had given way to a world of greater uncertainty and an evergrowing number of perceived threats to nation-states. These new developments, coupled with immense technological changes in recent years, have heightened our concern over nation-states' vulnerability to cross-border criminal activity.
This chapter first explores early attention to ...
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