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The incantations of the EU organised crime policy making
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Abstract This article provides an analysis of the knowledge base of organised crime assessments and policy making in the European Union. It is argued that the current European organised crime (threat) assessments are no reliable and relevant instruments to make meaningful statements about organised crime. Th... view more
This article provides an analysis of the knowledge base of organised crime assessments and policy making in the European Union. It is argued that the current European organised crime (threat) assessments are no reliable and relevant instruments to make meaningful statements about organised crime. The data collection system of the current assessments is defective and to a large extent dependant on what Member States decide to disclose and not based on clear developed concepts, definitions and methods. There is no discernable "counting unit" as a basis for deducing threats or risks. More fundamental: the definition or criteria list used is defective, providing no basis for further deductions or conclusions. The conclusions of the open versions of the European reports are of a very general nature, not substantially different from what can be found in open sources. Though European decision making claims to be founded on these assessments, it looks more like a ritual incantation than a knowledge based process.... view less
Keywords
EU; criminality; organized crime; international comparison; reporting; criminal justice policy
Classification
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law
European Politics
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 261-281
Journal
Crime, Law and Social Change, 51 (2009) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-008-9153-1
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)