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      • Tertiary
        • Organized Crime
          • Module 1: Definitions of Organized Crime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
              • Defining Organized Crime
              • Definition in Convention
              • Similarities & Differences
              • Activities, Organization, Composition
              • Summary
              • References
            • Exercises
              • Case Studies
              • Thinking Critically Through Fiction
              • Excerpts of Legislation
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
              • Review & Assessment Questions
              • Quiz 1
              • Research & Independent Study Questions
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 2: Organizing the Commission of Crimes
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
              • Legal Definitions of Organized Crimes
              • Conspiracy
              • Criminal Association
              • Definitions in the Organized Crime Convention
              • Criminal Organizations and Enterprise Laws
              • Enabling Offence: Obstruction of Justice
              • Summary
              • References
            • Exercises
              • Case Studies
              • Thinking Critically Through Fiction
              • Excerpts of Legislation
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
              • Review & Assessment Questions
              • Quiz 2
              • Research & Independent Study Questions
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 3: Organized Crime Markets
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
              • Drug Trafficking
              • Firearms Trafficking
              • Wildlife & Forest Crime
              • Counterfeit Products Trafficking
              • Falsified Medical Products
              • Trafficking in Cultural Property
              • Trafficking in Persons
              • Summary
              • References
            • Exercises
              • Case Studies & Exercises
              • Thinking Critically Through Fiction
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
              • Review & Assessment Questions
              • Quiz 3
              • Research & Independent Study Questions
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 4: Infiltration in Business & Government
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
              • Extortion
              • Extortion Racketeering
              • Loansharking
              • Links to Corruption
              • Bribery versus Extortion
              • Money-Laundering
              • Liability of Legal Persons
              • Summary
              • References
            • Exercises
              • Case Studies & Exercises
              • Thinking Critically Through Fiction
              • Excerpts of Legislation
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
              • Review & Assessment Questions
              • Quiz 4
              • Research & Independent Study Questions
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 5: Measuring Organized Crime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
              • How much Organized Crime is there?
              • Alternative Ways for Measuring
              • Measuring Product Markets
              • Risk Assessment
              • Key Concepts of Risk Assessment
              • Risk Assessment of Organized Crime Groups
              • Risk Assessment of Product Markets
              • Risk Assessment in Practice
              • Summary
              • References
            • Exercises
              • Exercises & Case Studies
              • Thinking Critically Through Fiction
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
              • Review & Assessment Questions
              • Quiz 5
              • Research & Independent Study Questions
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 6: Causes and Facilitating Factors
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
              • Positivism: Environmental Influences
              • Classical: Pain-Pleasure Decisions
              • Structural Factors
              • Ethical Perspective
              • Crime Causes & Facilitating Factors
              • Summary
              • References
            • Exercises
              • Case Studies
              • Thinking Critically Through Fiction
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
              • Review & Assessment Questions
              • Quiz 6
              • Research & Independent Study Questions
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 7: Models of Organized Criminal Groups
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
              • Models and Structure
              • Hierarchical Model
              • Local, Cultural Model
              • Enterprise or Business Model
              • Groups vs Activities
              • Networked Structure
              • Summary
              • References
            • Exercises
              • Case Studies
              • Thinking Critically Through Fiction
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
              • Review & Assessment Questions
              • Quiz 7
              • Research & Independent Study Questions
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 8: Law Enforcement Tools
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
              • Jurisdiction
              • Investigators of Organized Crime
              • Special Investigative Techniques
                • Controlled Deliveries
                • Physical & Electronic Surveillance
                • Undercover Operations
                • Financial Analysis
                • Use of Informants
              • Rights of Victims & Witnesses
              • Summary
              • References
            • Exercises
              • Case Studies & Exercises
              • Thinking Critically Through Fiction
              • Excerpts of Legislation
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
              • Review & Assessment Questions
              • Quiz 8
              • Research & Independent Study Questions
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 9: Prosecution Strategies
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
              • Role of Prosecutors
              • Adversarial vs Inquisitorial Legal Systems
              • Mitigating Punishment
              • Granting Immunity from Prosecution
              • Witness Protection
              • Summary
              • References
            • Exercises
              • Case Studies
              • Thinking Critically Through Fiction
              • Excerpts of Legislation
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
              • Review & Assessment Questions
              • Quiz 9
              • Research & Independent Study Questions
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 10: Sentencing and Confiscation
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
              • Aggravating & Mitigating Factors
              • Sentencing Options
              • Alternatives to Imprisonment
              • Death Penalty & Organized Crime