Full Description
Like most former Soviet republics, Ukraine has experienced a formidable proliferation of crime and corruption as it struggles with economic reform and the establishment of democracy.During the early 90s, Ukraine became one of the primary recipients of foreign assistance from the United States and its crime and corruption situation was increasingly seen as an impediment to economic transition and achieving a more democratic way of life. Thus in 1998, as part of a larger U.S. law enforcement assistance effort in Ukraine, the idea for a research partnership between criminologists and legal scholars in the two countries was born in this volume.The original research papers contained are the products of this ambitious research project. The realities of crime in post-Soviet Ukraine, as well as divergent methodological approaches and communication problems, presented the research partners with enormous challenges. This volume represents the culmination of that collaborative effort, and provides a singular look into the current crime situation in Ukraine, and into the potential global threat presented by Ukrainian organized crime.Contributions include analyses of the prediction and control of organized crime, trafficking in women and children for sexual exploitation, international money laundering, the transnational political criminal nexus of trafficking in women, countermeasures against economic crime and corruption, heroin trafficking, business victimization by organized crime, and understanding and combating organized crime. The Prediction and Control of Organized Crime will be critical reading for security planners, policymakers, and criminal justice officials, as well as comparative criminologists, legal scholars, and political scientists interested in organized crime and political corruption.
Contents
1: Introduction: A U.S.-Ukrainian Research Partnership against Crime; 2: The Prediction and Control of Organized Crime: A Risk Assessment Instrument for Targeting Law Enforcement Efforts; 3: Trafficking in Women and Children for Purposes of Sexual Exploitation: The Criminological Aspect; 4: Ukraine, International Money Laundering, and the Investigation of Organized Crime; 5: The Transnational Political Criminal Nexus of Trafficking in Women from Ukraine; 6: Organized Economic Crime and Corruption in Ukraine: The Problem of Countermeasures; 7: The Growing Importance of Ukraine as a Transit Country for Heroin Trafficking: U.S.-Ukraine Research Partnership; 8: The Dualism of Business Victimization and Organized Crime; 9: Organized Crime in Ukraine: Challenge and Response; 10: A Behavioral Model for Ukrainian Organized Crime Groups
