Jana Arsovska
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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Global Crime | 2006
Jana Arsovska; Mark Craig
Within Albania and China and their respective diasporas, a history of extreme violence, both official and unofficial, is widely accepted but not easily understood from a Western perspective. Over the course of centuries both societies have experienced turmoil and in the 20th century spent decades under the disastrous communist dictatorships of Enver Hohxa (1944–1985) and Mao Zedong (1949–1976). Acts of organised/collective violence should be interpreted in their historical and cultural contexts. As both Albania and China underwent considerable internecine feuding, and all manners of deprivations and oppressions under the governance and proclamations of their various rulers, it may not be surprising that their subjects became inured to violence. Violence is neither meaningless nor peculiar to China/Albania. One explanation arises from the continuing purchase of ancient codes of ‘extreme violence’. This paper describes two ancient instruments justifying ‘excessive violence’ that have continued to exist even today and directly link them to the violent behaviour of contemporary Albanian and Chinese organised crime groups. The paper will explore the historico-cultural origins of Albanian and Chinese organised crime and their recent reputation as ‘ultra-violent’ actors. Specifically we examine the 15th century Albanian legal code known as the Kanun of Lek Dukagjini, and the 17th century code of the Chinese Hung Mun (Triad Society).
Archive | 2012
Jana Arsovska
Systematic research in the field of organized crime is challenging. The topic, however, offers a unique opportunity to utilize an interdisciplinary research methodology. This Chapter evaluates employed methodologies, sampling strategies and interviewing techniques in the study of organized crime. It provides a personal account of the fieldwork and survey experience, and it addresses issues critical to the proper design and successful implementation of various quantitative and qualitative methods in the study of organized crime. Non-probability and probability sampling techniques including purposive, snowball and cluster sampling are discussed, as well the proper use of distinctive research methods such as face-to-face interviews and focus groups. The Chapter elaborates on methodological challenges when researching difficult populations and argues that researchers working in this field should make use of secondary data in order to compare their empirical findings.
Trends in Organized Crime | 2008
Jana Arsovska; Panos Kostakos
Archive | 2015
Jana Arsovska
Trends in Organized Crime | 2014
Jana Arsovska; Popy Begum
Crime Law and Social Change | 2013
Yuliya Zabyelina; Jana Arsovska
Archive | 2015
Jana Arsovska
Trends in Organized Crime | 2014
Jana Arsovska; Felia Allum
Trends in Organized Crime | 2008
Jana Arsovska
International Migration | 2016
Jana Arsovska