Assessing the Effectiveness of Organized Crime Control Strategies: A Review of the Literature

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Table of Contents

• Acknowledgement
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Methodology
  • 2.1 The Search Strategy
  • 2.2 Document Selection Criteria
  • 2.3 Format of the Analysis
• 3. Defintional Issues, Measurement and Other Concerns in Organized Crime Research
  • 3.1 Definitional Issues
  • 3.2 Data-Related Issues
  • 3.3 Crude and Varied Performance Measures
• 4. Organized Crime Control Strategies and Their Effectiveness
  • 4.1 Prosecuting Persons Involved in Organized Crime
  • 4.2 Prosecuting Organized Crime Kingpins
  • 4.3 Prosecuting Through the Use of Taxation Laws
  • 4.4 Monitoring Final Transactions and Tackling Money Laundering
  • 4.5 Seizure and Forfeiture of Assets
  • 4.6 Injunctions, Divestitures, and Trusteeships
  • 4.7 Witness Protection Programs
  • 4.8 Anonymous Juries
  • 4.9 Witness Immunity
  • 4.10 Investigative Grand Juries
  • 4.11 Citizens' Commissions, Police Commissions, and Community-Based Initiatives
  • 4.12 Strike Forces and Task Forces
  • 4.13 Undercover Operations and Informants
  • 4.14 Electronic Surveillance
  • 4.15 Intelligence Analysis
  • 4.16 Reducing the Supply of Illegal Goods and Services
  • 4.17 Increasing Regulation and Establishing Public Benefit Corporation
  • 4.18 Legalization or Decriminalization of Certain Goods and Services
• 5. Summary and Conclusions
• 6. References

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