Series: Crime & Justice: A Review of Research CJ (CHUP)

For most Americans, The Godfather, The Sopranos, and the Cosa Nostra exemplify organised crime. In Asia, the term conjures up images of Japanese yakuza and Chinese triads; in Italy, the Cosa Nostra and ‘Ndrangheta; in Latin America, Mexican narco-gangs and Colombian drug cartels; in the Netherlands, transnational drug and human trafficking; and in Scandinavia, outlaw motorcycle gangs. Some but not...