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.
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