Organized Crime in Poland - Criminological and Legal Dilemmas

Abstract

The article shows organized crime as a problem that requires difficult choices between various options in understanding, studying, and countering of this non-traditional category of crime. The author highlights the lack of a single definition of the term “organized crime” in criminology and in criminal law, which affects assessments of organized crime and selection of measures aimed at preventing and combating it. The article demonstrates the need to study organized crime using different criminological methods in order to determine its credible and real outlook. The author focuses on the role of the state and the society in countering organized crime and notes that both entities must be willing to influence it. The state plays a critical role as it has adequate legal instruments for countering organized crime. It should be noted that many dilemmas will be resolved after a transparent system of measures, both legal and criminological, aimed at countering organized crime is created.