Maguire, Morgan & Reiner: The Oxford Handbook of Criminology 4e 
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Chapter 23
Critically review the legal definitions of 'organised crime'. Does it have any value as an analytical term?
Critically discuss the meaning and value of the term 'criminal networks'.
How much do we really know about the nature and scale of serious transnational organized crime and the groups who commit it? How can we find out more?
What factors determine the ways in which the supply of illegal goods and services are delivered?
What role does corruption or its absence play in the development of organised crime as a hierarchical form of crime delivery?
Discuss the links between terrorism and organised crime.
What role does money-laundering play in serious crime for gain and in terrorism?
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