Organized Crime in Our Times provides readers with a clear understanding of organized crime‎,‎ including its definition and causes‎,‎ how it is categorized under the law‎,‎ models to explain its persistence‎,‎ and the criminal justice response to organized crime‎,‎ including investigation‎,‎ prosecution‎,‎ defense‎,‎ and sentencing‎.‎ This book offers a comprehensive survey‎,‎ including an extensive history of the Mafia in the United States‎;‎ a legal analysis of the offenses that underlie organized crimes‎;‎ specific attention to modern manifestations of organized crime activity‎,‎ such as human smuggling‎,‎ Internet crimes‎,‎ and other transnational criminal operations‎;‎ and the application of ethics to the study of organized crime‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Albanese‎,‎ Jay S‎.‎
• Puplisher‎:‎ Elsevier
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781437744538