Wages of crime : black markets, illegal finance, and the underworld economy / R.T. Naylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naylor, R. T., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Economic aspects.

Crime.

Organized crime--Economic aspects.

Organized crime.

Informal sector (Economics).

Black market.

Money laundering.

Physical Description:

xi, 336 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2002.

Summary:

R. T. Naylor specializes in the study of smuggling, black markets, and international financial crime. Wages of Crime takes the reader into the shadowy underworld of modern criminal business -- arms trafficking, gold smuggling, money laundering, and terrorist financing. Naylor dissects the schemes by which illegal entrepreneurs disguise their acts, manage their take, and eventually enjoy the loot. The author asserts that much of what police, press, politicians, and the public understand about international crime is based on myth and misrepresentation.

Wages of Crime also outlines Naylor's claim that some of the most popular modern law enforcement fads are inefficient or useless, and can do massive damage in eroding civil liberties. In the wake of recent tragedies, Naylor's criticisms of contemporary anticrime policies and the confounding of criminal and national security issues have a special resonance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-329) and index.

ISBN:

0801439493

OCLC:

47989820