Organized crime and gang violence in national and international law

In: International review of the Red Cross: humanitarian debate, law, policy, action, Band 92, Heft 878, S. 407-436

Abstract

AbstractOrganized crime and gang violence are global phenomena that often emerge in urban areas. Although they are not new, states only recently began to perceive them as serious threats to public security. Laws specifically designed to combat them have consequently been enacted. This article outlines the difficulties of dealing adequately in legal terms with these phenomena and analyses the different approaches adopted so far at the national and international level.