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© The Authors 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of CSF Associates. Publius, Inc. All rights reserved. For permissions please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Understanding Organized Crime: A Local Perspective

Stan Gilmour*

* Detective Chief Inspector Stan Gilmour, Thames Valley Police Headquarters, Kidlington, UK. Email: stan.gilmour{at}thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

Detective Chief Inspector Stan Gilmour of Thames Valley Police has been involved in developing his force's response to the threat from organized crime, which includes the mapping of organized crime groups within his force area. In this paper, he examines the elements that have come together to press for a step-change in the way the police define, recognize and deal with organized crime. In doing so he explains the problems he has encountered as a police officer trying to grapple with the concept of organized crime. He will also explore some of the issues that have emerged, either as help or hindrance, in the difficult task of mapping covert networks. The thoughts expressed in this article are the author's own and not those of Thames Valley Police.

I wish to note my appreciation to Peter Neyroud and Federico Varese for their help in getting my thoughts together for this paper. This is a prefacing piece and I shall only briefly touch upon some issues, which will need to be developed elsewhere.


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