Organized Crime as Institutional Cluster

Tetiana Melnychuk is a criminologist and holds the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Criminal Procedure, Detective, and Search Activities at the National University ‘Odesa Law Academy’ (Ukraine). She is a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for European and International Criminal Law Studies of the University of Osnabrück (Germany) for 2022–2024. Prof. Melnychuk has a strong academic background and experience in fundamental and policy-oriented research, analytical studies and legal advising. Her Ph.D. was obtained in 2009 by defending the thesis ‘Organized Forms of Criminal Activity in Foreign Economic Relations’. She is a research fellow of the Odesa Organized Crime and Corruption Research Centre (Ukraine). She is also a member of the Ukrainian Bar Association and has an individual practice of law as a certified Attorney in Ukraine. Her scientific activity is predominantly focused on the research of organized crime, economic delinquency, and corruption; modern strategies and policies of crime prevention; human rights in criminal justice from criminological, victimological, substantive criminal law and procedural criminal law perspectives.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Basic Approaches to Organized Crime Conceptualization.- Chapter 3. The Concept of Organized Crime as Institutional Cluster.- Chapter 4. The Models of Organized Crime in Ukraine in Transition.- Chapter 5. Contemporary Hybrid Model and Organized Crime Cluster.- Chapter 6. Enemy at the Gate. The Impact of Russian War in Ukraine.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.