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international response to crime  

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  • Various institutions in the international community respond to crime, because criminal activities or their consequences sometimes spill across national jurisdictional borders. The international dimensions of certain crimes, such as organized crime, the drug trade, and terrorism, are the motivation for responses by a plurality of institutions in politics, law, and law enforcement at the international level. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Crime, International Response To]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-M9BS2WR6-4

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