{"product_id":"transnational-organized-crime-an-overview-from-six-continents-9781452290072","title":"Transnational Organized Crime: An Overview from Six Continents","description":"This unique text explores the expansive topic of transnational organized crime, incorporating expert perspectives found throughout the world's six inhabited continents: North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Editors Jay S. Albanese and Philip L. Reichel gather the knowledge and expertise of numerous authors, researchers, and practitioners in this field who are either native to each world region, have extensively travelled and worked there, or are recognized scholars for those regions. Through this text, readers will begin to understand the geographic, cultural, and regional similarities and differences underying the common threat of transnational organized crime, as well as how to address the global expansion of organized crime today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay S. Albanese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications, Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781452290072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJay Albanese \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor in the Wilder School of Government \u0026amp; Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the first Ph.D. graduate from the Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice. He served as Chief of the International Center at the National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the U.S. Department of Justice. \u003cbr\u003e Dr. Albanese is author and editor of 20 books on organized crime, ethics, corruption, transnational crime, and criminal justice. He is recipient of the \u003ci\u003eDistinguished Teaching Award\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003efrom Virginia Commonwealth University, the \u003ci\u003eGerhard Mueller Award\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efor research contributions from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Section, and the \u003ci\u003eDistinguished Scholar Award\u003c\/i\u003e from the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime. He is a past president and fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and co-founder of Criminologists without Borders. www.jayalbanese.com\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip L. Reichel\u003c\/strong\u003e earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Kansas State University and is currently Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Northern Colorado. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eComparative Criminal Justice Systems: A Topical Approach\u003c\/em\u003e (6th ed., 2013), co-author of \u003cem\u003eCorrections\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eHuman Trafficking: Exploring the International Nature, Concerns, and Complexities\u003c\/em\u003e (2012). Dr. Reichel has also authored or co-authored more than 30 articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. He has lectured at universities in Austria, Germany, and Poland; participated in a panel for the United Nations University; was a presenter for a United Nations crime prevention webinar; presented papers at side events during the United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Brazil) and the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Vienna); and was an invited speaker at Zhejiang Police College in Hangzhou, China. He was asked to provide a contribution for an anthology of 14 esteemed scholars who have made a significant contribution to the discipline of criminal justice within a comparative\/international context (\u003cem\u003eLessons From International Criminology\/Comparative Criminology\/Criminal Justice\u003c\/em\u003e, 2004) and is an active member of the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, serving as a Trustee-at-large for the latter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44998120046707,"sku":"9781452290072","price":134.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_9fde4321-13e8-4ecb-90c5-7ef080b051ce.jpg?v=1778955248","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/transnational-organized-crime-an-overview-from-six-continents-9781452290072","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}