Research Catalog

Title

Crime, addiction and the regulation of gambling / edited by Toine Spapens, Alan Littler and Cyrille Fijnaut.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Spapens, A. C.
• Littler, Alan.
• Fijnaut, Cyrille, 1946-

Description

xiv, 251 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

• "Restrictions to the gambling market are primarily infused by the risk that liberalization would increase gambling related crime and addiction problems. It is believed that, if it would be possible to offer gambling services without constraints, this would inevitably lead to an unacceptable rise of the number of gambling addicts, with rising costs for society as a result. Very recently, in the Placanica case, the European Court of Justice confirmed that an expansion of gambling services, under the strict control of national authorities, can be part of efforts to combat illegal gambling operators.
• This volume brings together the perspectives of academics in the fields of criminology, sociology, addiction research and economics, as well as policy makers at the national and the European level."--Jacket.

Subject

• Gambling > Law and legislation > Criminal provisions. > European Union countries
• Gambling > Law and legislation > Criminal provisions. > United States
• Jeux et paris
• UE/CE Droit
• Prévention du crime
• Aspects psychologiques
• UE/CE Marché unique
• Jurisprudence
• UE/CE Etats membres
• Gambling > Law and legislation > Criminal provisions
• European Union countries
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

General introduction / Cyrille Fijnaut -- Crime problems related to gambling : an overview / Toine Spapens -- The proper functioning of the internal market : observations from Brussels / Erik Bertil Vagnhammar -- Placanica : combating criminality vs. reducing gambling opportunities as grounds for justification in the ECJ's jurisprudence / Nele Hoekx -- Regulating illegal gambling markets : the case of illegal casinos in the Netherlands / Toine Spapens -- Gambling and addiction problems in the Netherlands / Dick de Bruin -- The role of crime and addiction in the gambling policy of France / François Trucy -- The German market for gambling and betting / Tilman Becker -- The culture of gambling in Great Britain : legislative and social change / Gerda Reith -- Preventing problem gambling on the Internet through the use of social responsibility mechanisms / Caroline Jawad and Stephen Griffiths -- Concluding remarks / Cyrille Fijnaut.

ISBN

• 9789004172180
• 9004172181

LCCN

2008045761

OCLC

• ocn262945561
• 262945561
• SCSB-1528215

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library