• E4J University Module Series: Organized Crime

• Module 1: Definitions of Organized Crime

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• Defining organized crime
• Definition in the Organized Crime Convention
• Similarities and differences between organized crime and other forms of crime
• Activities, organization and composition of organized criminal groups
• Summary
• References

• Exercises

• Case studies
• Thinking critically through fiction
• Excerpts of legislation

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Review and assessment questions
• Quiz 1
• Research and independent study questions

• Additional teaching tools

 

Published in April 2018

Regional Perspective: Eastern and Southern Africa - added in April 2020

 

 

  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Advanced reading

 

The following readings are recommended for students interested in exploring the topics of this Module in more detail, and for lecturers teaching the Module:

• Albanese, Jay S. (2015). Organized Crime: From the Mob to Transnational Organized Crime. London: Routledge.

• Smith, Dwight C. (1980). Paragons, Pariahs, and Pirates: A Spectrum-Based Theory of Enterprise. Crime & Delinquency, vol. 26, 358-386.

• Pizzini-Gambetta, Valerie (2014). Organized Crime: The Gender Constraints of Illegal Markets. In R. Gartner and B. McCarthy, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime. Oxford University Press. 

 

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