The Gig Mafia : How Small Networks and High-Speed Digital Funds Transfers Have Changed the Face of Organized Crime.

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Description -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Revisiting and Revising Organized Crime -- Chapter 2: Welcome to the Gig (Crime) Economy -- Chapter 3: Why Smaller/More Flexible Cell- Like Nodes and Networks? -- Chapter 4: The Criminogenic Network and Role of Legitimate Financial Institutions -- Chapter 5: Overview of the Size of the Problem -- Chapter 6: Traditional Organized Crime (e.g., Mafia) -- Chapter 7: Historical Overview: A Few Key Concepts -- Chapter 8: Japan (i.e., Yakuza) -- Chapter 9: Italy (e.g., La Cosa Nostra) -- Chapter 10: United States (e.g., Al Capone, the "Five Families") -- Chapter 11: Notes on Ontology of Organized Crime -- Chapter 12: Event-Based (i.e., the Study of Criminal Events and Collective Action as the Basis for Conclusions) -- Chapter 13: Epistemology and Sources of Knowledge -- Chapter 14: Operations and Functioning of Organized Crime Groups -- Chapter 15: Transformation of Organized Crime Groups in Theory and Practice -- Chapter 16: Organized Crime and New Participants -- Chapter 17: Professions and the New Organized Crime: Control -- Chapter 18: The Future of Organized Crime -- References -- About the Author -- Index -- Adpage -- Backcover.

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