Organized Crime and National Security in Spain by Andrs de C... - 9781032880419

Organized Crime and National Security in SpainChallenges and Responses\nAuthor(s): Andrs de Castro\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032880419, 978-1032880419\nSynopsis\nThis book offers an analysis of how organized crime operates in Spain and the security apparatus designed to contain it.\n\nOrganized crime is currently one of the most serious security threats facing democratic societies. Despite its intense presence and the responses that states have articulated in recent decades, little attention has been paid to the measurement of the effectiveness of the means adopted to combat it. Thus, this volume delves into this issue and performs an analysis of the police dimension of the response to organized crime in Spain. Firstly, this volume describes the international phenomenon of organized crime and its evolution in Spain, and continues by analyzing the profile and the characteristics of the different police forc.