Understanding Recruitment to Organized Crime and Terrorism

Introduction: The Context of Recruitment to Organized Crime and Terrorism.- Part 1: Recruitment to Organized Crime Networks.- Systematic Review of the Social, Psychological, and Economic Drivers of Organized Crime Recruitment.- Criminal Careers of Organized Crime Offenders.- Recruitment into Mafias: Criminal Careers of Mafia Members and Mafia Bosses.- Emotional and Cognitive Determinants of Organized Crime Involvement.- Socioeconomic Inequality and Organized Crime Involvement.- Part 2: Recruitment to Terrorist Networks.- Systematic Review of the Social, Psychological, and Economic Drivers of Radicalization and Terrorism Recruitment.- Imprisonment and Criminal Offending of Security Offenders.- Counter-terrorism Legitimacy and Recruitment into Terrorism.- Emotional and Cognitive Determinants of Terrorism Involvement.- Protective Factors against Extremism and Recruitment for Terrorism.- How Real and Perceived Socioeconomic Inequalities Affect Involvement in Terrorism.- Conclusions.

David Weisburd is a Distinguished Professor at George Mason University and Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy. He is also the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at the Hebrew University Faculty of Law in Jerusalem. He serves as Chief Science Advisor at the Police Foundation in Washington DC and is Chair of its Research Advisory Committee. He has received many awards for his contributions to criminology and crime prevention. These include: the Stockholm Prize in Criminology (2010); the Klachky Family Prize for the Advancement of the Frontiers of Science (2011); the Jerry Lee Award for Lifetime Achievement in Experimental Criminology (Division of Experimental Criminology, ASC, 2014), the Robert Boruch Award for distinctive contributions to research that influences public policy of the Campbell Collaboration (2014); the Sutherland Award for "outstanding contributions to the discipline of criminology" (ASC, 2014); the Israel Prize (generally regarded as the State of Israel's highest civilian honor) (2015); the Mentoring Award for "excellence in mentorship in the discipline of Criminology and Criminal Justice" (ASC, 2016); and the August Vollmer Award for contributions to the prevention of crime (ASC, 2017).

Ernesto U. Savona is Director of TRANSCRIME, Joint Research Centre of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and the Università degli Studi di Trento and since 2003 professor of Criminology at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. From 1986 to 2002 he was professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law at the Università degli Studi di Trento. In 2003 he was appointed Editor in Chief of the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, an international refereed Journal published by Springer. He is also Editor in chief of the series Research in Brief in International and Comparative Criminology published by Springer. He has been consultant to the United Nations, Council of Europe, the European Union and