NCJ Number
43882
Journal
Schriftenreihe der Polizei-Fuehrungsakademie Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Dated: (1977) Pages: 32-41
Date Published
1977
Length
10 pages
Annotation
THE AUTHOR TAKES A CRITICAL VIEW OF THE CRIMINAL SCENE IN FRANCE AND DESCRIBES PRESENT-DAY FORMS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF PROFESSIONAL GANGSTERISM.
Abstract
MEANS AND METHODS OF POLICE ACTIONS AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME ARE SKETCHED; THE ENACTMENT OF STRICTER LEGISLATION IS BRIEFLY DISCUSSED. COMBATTING ORGANIZED CRIME WITH MORE PUNITIVE LAWS HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY AN UPDATING OF METHODS AND REORGANIZATION IN THE FRENCH POLICE FORCE; AN INCREASE IN MANPOWER AND TECHNOLOGICAL SOPHISTICATION HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE WAR AGAINST CRIME. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED. --IN GERMAN.