Synopsis
Laurie Taylor explores the nature of organised crime from Sicily to Japan and Britain.
- Programme: Thinking Allowed
- Episode: Organised Crime In The UK
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Broadcast year: 2013
- Sociology | What are the patterns and trends in crime? | The social distribution of offending and victimisation; global crime; green crime; how countries in the global south may be used by transnational criminal groups and companies.
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