Crime Typologies: Organized Crime, Characteristics and Evaluation

This essay delves into the realm of crime typologies, with a specific focus on organized crime, its characteristics, and its evaluation within the context of the UK's legal framework. It highlights the defining features of organized crime, such as planning, teamwork, and continuity, and differentiates it from other forms of crime like white-collar offenses. The analysis includes an examination of the 'county line' drug dealing phenomenon as a case study, illustrating the increasing trends in organized crime activities. The essay concludes by emphasizing the significant impact of organized crime on society and the ongoing challenges it poses to the legal system, referencing relevant books and journals to support its claims.

Crime Typologies

INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................................2
Explanation about organized crime.........................................................................................................2
Evaluation of organized crime.................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................3
REFRENCES.............................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Criminology means those perspectives which has been used in order to make criminal laws
developed more effectively. It is known as study of crimes and its various aspects which made crime
existing within society analyzed more effectively. In this perspective of criminology. In relation to this
organized crime are taken and discussed.
MAIN BODY
Explanation about organized crime
Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or closes by groupings of fairly
centralized agencies run with the useful resource of the usage of criminals to have interaction in illegal
activity, most usually for profit. There are certain characteristics that are posed by such criminals falling
under this category that is planning, team work and continuity (Morgan, Dowling and Voce, 2020). There
are various kinds of crimes which are white collar crime, civil and criminal crimes. Under these
crimes various kinds of aspects which is based over corruption, murder and property are covered.
Organized crimes are conducted with proper process and to deal with these crimes judicial
system ofUnited kingdom has developed various kinds of laws which has helped in making
crime to developed within society. Also organized crimes include association over group which
is relative in nature over last decades. In this member are respected with each other behaving
honestly with each other, and never harm each other in any way. The members are obliged to
each other and provide reciprocal services to each other.
Evaluation of organized crime
In order to understand these crimes more effectively graphical presentation has been made below

The NCA’s report highlighted the problem of ‘county line’ drug dealing - where substances are
transported from cities to smaller urban and rural areas - as a national issue.
It said: “There are two primary features of county lines that stand out from typical retail drug
supply: ordering through anonymised ‘deal line’ numbers, and the exploitation of young and
vulnerable people. The former describes the use of an anonymous mobile phone number,
branded to a gang or network and commonly held close to or within the urban hub, into which
customers place orders which are then supplied locally. Most markets are now subject of
multiple ‘deal lines(Sergi and Storti, 2020)’. Thus it can observed from the graph that these
crimes has been increasing on daily basis making an country struggle in its legal affairs.

CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it can be marked out that open crimes are those crimes which
have been taking place in organized manner making crime impacting society. The above graph
shows abut increase within organized crimes.

REFRENCES
Books and Journals
Djordjević, S. and Dobovšek, B., 2020. Organised crime in Western Balkans Six at the onset of
coronavirus. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.
Morgan, A., Dowling, C. and Voce, I., 2020. Australian outlaw motorcycle gang involvement in
violent and organised crime. Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice, (586), pp.1-18.
Sergi, A. and Storti, L., 2020. Survive or perish: Organised crime in the port of Montreal and the
port of New York/New Jersey. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 63,
p.100424.