Profit, or power? Towards a construction of organized crime in Czech policy

dc.contributor.authorKupka, Petr
dc.contributor.authorWalach, Václav
dc.contributor.authorHušková, Kateřina
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-07T11:00:26Z
dc.date.available2022-03-07T11:00:26Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstract-translatedThis paper aims to make sense how organized crime is constructed by the Czech government. Drawing on the intention-based model of organized crime (Sergi, 2017), this study specifically examines whether the country's national policy frames organized crime as a profit- or power-oriented phenomenon. To this end, an analysis of the government-issued Concepts for Combating Organized Crime was conducted, focusing on the rationale behind the adopted legal measures designed to combat organized crime. Qualitative content analysis was applied to first identify the relevant measures and then to examine their rationale in light of the intention-based model. The analysis revealed that the legal measures were primarily designed to counter profit-driven criminal groups operating in legitimate markets alongside legal and respectable actors, where such groups benefit from being virtually invisible to official authorities and are tolerated by other market actors.en
dc.format10 s.cs
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dc.identifier.citationKUPKA, P. WALACH, V. HUŠKOVÁ, K. Profit, or power? Towards a construction of organized crime in Czech policy. International Journal of Law Crime and Justice, 2021, roč. 66, č. September 2021, s. 1-10. ISSN: 1756-0616cs
dc.identifier.document-number686872900011
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijlcj.2021.100489
dc.identifier.issn1756-0616
dc.identifier.obd43935162
dc.identifier.uri2-s2.0-85107983531
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11025/47108
dc.language.isoenen
dc.project.IDGA19-13296S/Konstrukce reprezentací organizovaného zločinu v politika boje proti organizovanému zločinu v ČR v letech 1989 a 2016cs
dc.publisherAcademic Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Journal of Law Crime and Justiceen
dc.rightsPlný text je přístupný v rámci univerzity přihlášeným uživatelům.cs
dc.rights© Elsevieren
dc.rights.accessrestrictedAccessen
dc.subject.translatedorganized crime policyen
dc.subject.translatedorganized crime-mafia spectrumen
dc.subject.translatedlegal measuresen
dc.subject.translatedorganized crimeen
dc.subject.translatedCzech Republicen
dc.titleProfit, or power? Towards a construction of organized crime in Czech policyen
dc.typečlánekcs
dc.typearticleen
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen

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