Policing Organized Crime: Intelligence Strategy Implementation / Edition 1

by Petter Gottschalk

Overview

When criminal activity is as straightforward as a child’s game of cops and robbers, the role of the police is obvious, but today’s bad guys don’t always wear black. In fact, the most difficult criminals to cope with are those who straddle the gray divide between licit and illicit activity. Many of these nefarious sorts operate on the fringe of society, often acting the part of businesspersons, meeting the demands of otherwise law-abiding clientele with illegally procured or delivered goods. Others, specially trained to occupy positions of responsibility, make the most of position and special knowledge to partake of ill-gotten gains. Then there are the organized crime families and syndicates who make use of common business models to turn dubious undertakings into profitable ventures.

Policing Organized Crime: Intelligence Strategy Implementation addresses these very real types of modern criminals. It examines the methods and motives of those operating on the fringes of society, including more obvious outlaws as well as less obvious lawyers, businesspeople, and bankers, social outcasts as well as devoted family people. Written by Petter Gottschalk, an internationally respected police expert in organized crime, this book details the workings of entrepreneurial crime through the use of case studies from around the world. He presents strategies that will alter the thinking and investigative styles of those police charged with the responsibility of preventing and putting a stop to business crimes. Implementation of an effective intelligence strategy is a key element in his thinking. He demonstrates the shrewd skill set required to bring down those criminals who twist the rules of supply and demand with business models designed to maximize illegal gain.

This important resource is a volume in the Advances in Police Theory and Practice Series, which features the work of international experts who provide researchers and those in the field with access to the most advanced tools being employed in police work today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439810149
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/26/2009
Series:	Advances in Police Theory and Practice
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Petter Gottschalk is a professor at the Department of Leadership and Organizational Management, Norwegian School of Management.

Table of Contents

Series Preface ix

Introduction xi

About the Author xiii

1 Theories of Organized Crime 1

Criminology Theories 1

Management Theories 5

Alien Conspiracy Theory in the United States 11

Case: National Intelligence Strategy of the United Stales 16

References 18

2 Entrepreneur ship in Organized Crime 21

Organized Crime 21

Illegal Business 24

Criminal Entrepreneurship 27

Entrepreneurial Capital 31

The Case of "Terry" Adams 33

The Case of Frank and Peter Lowy 35

Reference 36

3 Developing Intelligence Strategy 39

Strategic Planning Process 40

Intelligence Strategy Characteristics 43

Is Strategy Always Strategy? 44

Case: National Intelligence Model in the United Kingdom 47

Case: National Strategy for Intelligence and Analysis in Norway 49

Case: New York Stale Intelligence Strategy 50

References 52

4 Implementing Intelligence Strategy 55

Implementation Process 53

Y Model for Strategy Work 58

Implementation at the End of the Y Model 60

Plan Implementation 62

Implementation Factor 64

Resources Needed for the Implementation 65

User Involvement during the Implementation 65

Solution to Potential Resistance during the Implementation 66

Responsibility for the Implementation 67

Management Support for the Implementation 67

Information Technology Needed for Implementation 68

Research Model to Explain Implementation Extern 70

Case: National Intelligence Model in the United Kingdom 71

Case: National Strategy foe intelligence and Analysis in Norway 72

Case: Police Intelligence Model in Sweden 73

References 73

5 Organizational Structure 75

Organizational Design 75

Organizational Configuration79

Organizational Architecture 80

Organization Building 83

Structure as Determinant of Strategy Implementation 84

Case: An Empirical Study of Implementation and Structure 86

References 89

6 Organizational Culture 91

Police Personnel Cultures 91

Shared Occupational Values 94

Culture as Determinant of Strategy Implementation 95

Case: An Empirical Study of Implementation and Culture 103

Case: Advanced Empirical Study of Implementation Predictors 106

References 111

7 Intelligence Sources 113

Classification of Information Sources 114

Crime Intelligence Analysis 118

Market Intelligence Analysis 121

Intelligence Knowledge Work 130

Detective Knowledge Work 131

Case: Lawyers as Information Sources 134

References 135

8 Enforcing Law on Criminal Business 139

Administrative Approach to Organized Crime 140

Investigation Value Shop 141

Senior Investigating Officer 143

Organized Crime Economics 155

Case: Hawala Bankers Transferring Criminal Proceeds 155

References 156

9 Policing Motorcycle Club Organized Crime 159

Hells Angels Motorcycle Club 160

Criminal Motorcycle Clubs in Norway 164

HAMC Norway President Leif Kristiansen 165

Hells Angels Motorcycle Club World 170

Bandidos and Outlaws 172

Theories Applied to MC Crime 176

Knowledge Matrix in Policing MC Crime 177

Research Model for Policing MC Crime 181

References 183

10 Applying Police Knowledge 185

Police Knowledge Organization 186

Police Knowledge Resources 191

Police versus Criminal Knowledge 195

Operational Knowledge Sectors 196

Core Knowledge 196

Advanced Knowledge 198

Innovative Knowledge 199

Knowledge Depth 199

Sector 1 Random Policing 201

Sector 2 Disadvantaged Policing 201

Sector 3 Targeted Policing 202

Sector 4 Competitive Policing 202

Contingent Approach to Policing 203

Case: Social Intelligence and Investigation Service 204

Case: Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta 205

References 207

11 Policing Criminal Enterprises 211

Knowledge Support Systems 211

Office-to-Technology Systems: Stage 1 213

Officer-to-Officer Systems: Stage 2 215

Office-to-information Systems: Stage 3 216

Officer-to-Application Systems: Stage 4 219

Improving Knowledge Support 220

Decision Chart for Crime Investigation 221

Road Map for Law Enforcement 222

Knowledge Matrix with Categories and Levels 225

Knowledge-Based Systems 226

Case: Criminal Money Management 227

References 232

12 Performance Management in Policing 235

Performance Management Standards 235

Comparative Statistics in CompStat 236

Value Shop Performance 241

Detective Thinking Styles 243

References 246

13 Performance Measurement in Policing 247

Empirical Study of Police Investigations 247

Empirical Study of Intelligence Work 247

Characteristics of Effective Detectives 251

Other Performance Indicators 257

Performance Leadership 261

References 262

Index 265