The Back-Door Governance of Crime: Confiscating Criminal Assets in the UK

The policy and practice of confiscating criminal assets to control crime and recover illicit wealth has come to occupy a central position in national and international policing and security agendas. However, this practice has raised many questions about agencies’ abilities to measure success and als...

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Published in:European journal on criminal policy and research 2021-12, Vol.27 (4), p.495-515
Main Authors: Chistyakova, Yulia, Wall, David S., Bonino, Stefano
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Confiscation
Crime prevention
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Governance
Government agencies
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Offenses
Organized crime
Political Science
Recovery
Scrutiny
Wealth
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Confiscation
Crime prevention
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Governance
Government agencies
International security
Law and Criminolgy
Law enforcement
National security
Offenses
Organized crime
Political Science
Recovery
Scrutiny
Wealth
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