The text's latest edition takes particular note of the increasingly global nature of criminal practices that have grown up as a result of the intense maldistribution of power and wealth among elite populations. The crimes include international money laundering; environmental pollution; illegal wars, including government alliances with arms smugglers, drug traffickers, and crime syndicates; and the export of toxic wastes and dangerous products banned in the US. Simon (U. of California, Berkeley/San Jose State U.) also discusses problems specific to America such as widespread corruption in the political system. Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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