Militarised Responses to Transnational Organised Crime : The War on Crime - Tuesday Reitano

Militarised Responses to Transnational Organised Crime

The War on Crime

By: Tuesday Reitano (Editor), Sasha Jesperson (Editor), Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo (Editor)

Paperback | 17 May 2018

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This edited volume examines the use of militarised responses to different forms of criminal activity, discussing the outcomes and unintended consequences. Politicians and policymakers frequently use militarised responses to look tough on crime. The deployment of armies, navies, military assets and militarised approaches can send a powerful message, but have produced mixed results. While they generate the perception that governments are actively engaged on issues of concern to the public, and in some cases have resulted in notable successes, on the downside they have frequently also increased the loss of life, exacerbated the humanitarian consequences of a particular crime and entrenched divides between security and state institutions and the criminal proponents, narrowing the possibilities for future negotiated solutions. By focusing on four different areas of criminality - wildlife crime, piracy, migration and drug trafficking - the book allows context and evidence-based conclusions to be drawn on the strategic value and commonality of responses and their outcomes.

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"Militarised Responses to Transnational Organised Crime has a lot to offer those with an interest in the War on Crime. The book's exploration of militarised responses to wildlife crime, piracy, migrant smuggling, and drug trafficking reveals how these responses are often ineffective on their own. ... I believe editors Tuesday Reitano, Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo and Sasha Jesperson have put together a collection of essays which ranks among the best I have ever read." (Adam Finzi, CDA Institute, dcainstitute.ca, November 01, 2018)

"In Militarised Responses to Transnational Organised Crime: The War on Crime, Tuesday Reitano, Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo and Sasha Jesperson offer a collection addressing the issue of militarisation in the context of illicit wildlife trafficking, maritime piracy, human smuggling and drug dealing. ... this book has made a valuable contribution to the existing literature on transnational organised crime." (Anton Moiseienko, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, February, 2018)

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