PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANISED CRIME - A COMPARATIVE APPROACH

• NCJ Number: 34801
• Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY Volume: 4 Issue: 2 Dated: (MAY 1976) Pages: 113-128
• Author(s): J A MACK; H J KERNER
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: Academic Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY, 1974, TORONTO, CANADA

Annotation

DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZED CRIME AND CRIMINALS BY DEFINING THE TERMS AND EXAMINING THE SCOPE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES EACH GROUP IS ENGAGED IN.

Abstract

LOCATION AND DEGREE OF ORGANIZATION ARE DISCUSSED AS WELL AS THE INCREASE IN BUSINESS-TYPE CRIME. THE APPLICATION OF THE DEVIANCE THEORY TO THE STUDY OF CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IS RECOMMENDED.