Russian Organized Crime

By Phil Williams

Book Overview

First Published in 1997. During the 1990s transnational criminal organizations of all kinds have received increased scrutiny from law enforcement agencies, intelligence analysts, and academic researchers. While there are many differences of both interpretation and assessment regarding a whole range of issues, divisions are particularly acute in the area of Russian organized crime. This title gives a brief history of Russian Organized Crime before exploring recent trends, major mafia gangs and their relationship overseas.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714643122
• ISBN13: 9780714643120
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Don't even hesitate on this one

If you are doing research on Russian organized crime in any kind of depth, this book is a must-have. Extremely comprehensive, with essays by a variety of experts on the subject, all with different perspectives and angles by which they discourse on the topic. This book also cites endless more sources for further reading within the text itself, providing not only multiple sources due to the varying authors but even more sources in the footnotes and endnotes. Not to mention there is a primary source of the documentation of an investigation of Russian emigres in New York, along with other diagrams and statistics useful and understandable. Well-written and concise, "The New Threat?" is an extremely useful and wide-ranging collection of essays ideal for preliminary research on this topic. It may seem pricey, but if you are looking for information about the Red Mafiya, it is WELL worth the price.

Great Compilation

This book provides access to many of the great works on Russian Organized Crime. The book helped to give me a broader and more complete look of Russian Criminal organizations. I would suggest this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about ROC.