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Шта је у имену: дефиниција организованог криминала
What’s In a Name: Definition of Organised Crime

Author(s): Aleksandra Bulatović, Nemanja Jovanović
Subject(s): Criminology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: society; organised crime; gang; definitions of organised crime; normative interpretation

Summary/Abstract: This paper provides an insight into the phenomenology of organised crime as a historical and contemporary experience, and discusses issues related to understanding and definitions. Since the social environment determines significance of organised crime in society, the paper highlights influence of political context in normative design of organised crime acts through the presentation of the genesis of criminal organisation. The paper also offers an analysis of the essential conceptual connections between various understanding of organised crime, primarily in the sense in which it is reflected in the norms, given that normative definitions of organised crime are typically influenced by the understanding of how organised crime generates social danger. By offering historical and anthropological overview of organised crime normative regulation, the authors seek to contribute to a deeper understanding of this socially destructive phenomenon and related challenges in social control state of affairs.

  • Issue Year: LXX/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 265-287
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Serbian