‘It’s about using the full sanction catalogue’: on boundary negotiations in a multi-agency organised crime investigation

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Third-Party Policing Approaches Against Organized Crime: An Evaluation of the Yakuza Exclusion Ordinances

“…The TPP literature has paid attention to street-level crime because the systematic assessment of TPP practices has been devoted to street-level crime, but it is recognized that further research is necessary to understand the use and effectiveness of TPP in other areas of regulation, as stated in Mazerolle and Ransley (2006). Moreover, studies on multi-agency approaches to organized crime generally focus on partnerships across agencies and the development thereof (Bjelland and Vestby, 2017;Kleemans and Huisman, 2015). We also note that there are strategies similar to the YEOs in that they prohibit non-criminal citizens to associate with members of criminal organizations (Nelen and Siegel, 2017).…”

“…Approaches similar to TPP that are designed to combat organized crime recently have been applied in Europe. An example of such an approach is a multi-agency approach in which government agencies other than the police address problems in partnership with one another by sharing information across different agencies (e.g., Bjelland and Vestby, 2017;Webster, 2015); this kind of approach is also referred to the administrative approach to organized crime (e.g., Ayling, 2017;Kleemans and Huisman, 2015;Peters and Spapens, 2015). For instance, because real estate transactions could provide criminal organizations with opportunities for money laundering, commercial exploitation, and the illegal drug production, the Red Light District project aimed to regain control over the exploitation of property (Kleemans and Huisman, 2015).…”

Conceptions of Success: Understandings of Successful Policing of Human Trafficking

“…THB is increasingly linked to other forms of crime, which increases the need for collaboration with non-police actors and involvement in multi-agency investigative teams (see, e.g. Bjelland and Vestby, 2017). Faced with resource scarcity and often also a heavy case load, police and prosecutors must commonly take a tactical approach, seeking alternative penal sanctions to make convictions easier to obtain in court (Albonetti, 2014;Farrell et al, 2016;Wade, 2012).…”

“…Similarly, the current study indicates that 'convictions' are not limited to convictions of human trafficking. As outlined above, many interviewees had worked with an extensive THB case involving multiple offences, which generally allows the police to choose-sometimes pragmatically-between penal and administrative sanctions iii in their criminal prosecution (Bjelland and Vestby, 2017;Sklansky, 2012). Many officers, including also those not involved in this specific case, highlighted the need to adopt strategic approaches instead of being preoccupied only with THB.…”

Crossing Knowledge Boundaries in InterprofessionalCollaborations

“…The multi-agency coordination literature often dominates police research on networks that prevent crime or multi-agency investigation networks (Strype, Gundhus, Egge & Ødegård, 2014;Meyer & Mazerolle, 2014). The literature also identifies the importance of interpersonal trust, transparency and bridging organizational boundaries to pool their powers, as tensions over interest and priorities may cause competitions between professions (Bjelland & Vestby, 2017;Fleming & Rhodes, 2005;Whelan, 2015). Interprofessional collaboration can be perceived as an opportunity for coordinated efforts and expertise (Gilling, 2005), but also represent conflicting role boundary issues, expertise and differences in status, scope of practice, accountability and professional hierarchy rather than equal footing (Barrett & Keeping, 2005;Brown et al, 2010;Gopee & Galloway, 2009).…”