International criminal justice: Has organized crime inflated globally over the last decade?

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS4

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY5

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION10

1.1Overview10

1.2Criminology10

1.3Background11

1.4Organized Crime in the current world12

1.5Current Stance of Organized Crime and Future13

1.6Research Aims & Objectives15

1.7Purpose of the Study15

1.8Research Questions16

1.9Benefits of the study16

1.10Structure of the Research17

1.11Significance of the Study17

CHAPTER 02: LITERATURE REVIEW19

1.1Restorative justice19

1.2'Beggarization'20

1.3Problems presented by organized crime21

1.4Legal limitations21

1.5Major federal laws & strategies22

CHAPTER 03: METHODOLOGY24

3.1Research Design24

3.2Secondary Data24

3.3Definition of Qualitative Research25

3.4Qualitative Research25

3.5Assumptions of Qualitative Research26

3.6Literature Search26

3.7Validity27

3.8Justification for using Qualitative and Secondary Research Methodology27

3.9Data analysis28

3.10Ethical Considerations28

3.11Research Limitations29

3.12Timeline30

CHAPTER 4: ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION31

4.1Findings from Secondary Data32

4.2Restorative Justice33

4.3Procedural Justice33

4.4Financial crime35

4.5Key Findings and Excerpts36

4.6Criminal justice and immigrants37

4.7Financial crimes: greedy politicians and criminals37

4.8Law and Criminal Justice38

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS39

5.1Benefits for future researchers39

REFERENCES41

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Over the last few decades, criminal activities have increased considerably in the United States of America, United Kingdom and other parts of the world. Criminals come up with new ways to evade the law and break the rules put in place by governments for the betterment of society. Criminology is the study of the causes, reasons, extent and nature of crime, criminal activities and criminal behaviour in a scientific manner. It is also the study of managing and controlling criminal behaviour in the society. The main areas of research in the field of criminology include consequences of crimes, evidence analysis, quantitative analysis of crime and regulation breaches.

Organized crime is one of the most disturbing issues facing the world at the moment. It refers to a group of individuals who share similar traits, characteristics and ethnicities. These groups work together and are involved in all sorts of crimes. Mostly, the activities are covered up by other legitimate activities that serve as the 'cover' or the 'front' for their actual crimes. In many cases, these groups work with political entities that back up their criminal acts using their power and influences. The existence and expansion of global crime is a clear reflection of state failure, as indicated by prevailing economic, political, and social conditions. Based on current trends, global crime is likely to grow and flourish; criminal groups are becoming more sophisticated, as they network and merge with other illegal enterprises, and incorporate other organized criminal activities into their operations (Bass & Goldstone, 2000, 51).

Through their in depth understanding of the geopolitical and domestic economic environment, these groups manipulate political and religious factors that can be used to their advantage. Organized criminal groups obtain funding by manipulating religion to extract donation and other ...