Table of Contents

The History of Organised Crime.- to Part I: The History of the Concept.- The Mafia and the ‘Problem of the Mafia’: Organised Crime in Italy, 1820-1970.- Multiple Underworlds in the Dutch Republic of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.- ‘Many a Lord is Guilty, Indeed For Many a Poor Man's Dishonest Deed’: Gangs of Robbers in Early Mode.- Banditry in Corsica: The Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries.- From Thievish Artel to Criminal Corporation: The History of Organised Crime in Russia.- Urban Knights and Rebels in the Ottoman Empire.- Comparative Synthesis of Part I.- Contemporary Patterns of Organised Crime.- to Part II: Sources and Literature.- Organised Crime in Italy: Mafia and Illegal Markets – Exception and Normality.- Crossing Borders: Organised Crime in the Netherlands.- Organised Crime in Germany: A Passe-Partout Definition Encompassing Different Phenomena.- How Organised is Organised Crime in France?.- Spain: The Flourishing Illegal Drug Haven in Europe.- The Nature and Representation of Organised Crime in the United Kingdom.- The Czech Republic: A Crossroads for Organised Crime.- Organised Crime in Poland: Its Development from ‘Real Socialism’ to Present Times.- Illegal Markets and Organised Crime in Switzerland: A Critical Assessment.- Organised Crime in Albania: The Ugly Side of Capitalism and Democracy.- Contemporary Russian Organised Crime: Embedded in Russian Society.- The Turkish Mafia and the State.- Comparative Synthesis of Part II.- Organised Crime Control Policies.- to Part III: The Initiatives of the European Union and the Council of Europe.- The Paradox of Effectiveness: Growth, Institutionalisation and Evaluation of Anti-Mafia Policies in Italy.- Organised Crime Policies in the Netherlands.- Organised Crime Policies in Germany.-The Control of Organised Crime in France: A Fuzzy Concept but a Handy Reference.- Organised Crime Control Policies in Spain: A ‘Disorganised’ Criminal Policy for ‘Organised’ Crime.- The Making of the United Kingdom's Organised Crime Control Policies.- Denmark on the Road to Organised Crime.- Organised Crime Policies in the Czech Republic: A Hard Road from Under-Estimation to the European Standard.- The Development of Organised Crime Policies in Poland: From Socialist Regime to ‘Rechtsstaat’.- Organised Crime Policies in Switzerland: Opening the Way for a New Type of Criminal Legislation.- Organised Crime Control in Albania: The Long and Difficult Path to Meet International Standards and Develop Effective Policies.- Anti-Organised Crime Policies in Russia.- Comparative Synthesis of Part III.- Organised Crime Control Policies.- Comparative Synthesis of Part III.- General Conclusion.- General Conclusion.