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Tetiana Melnychuk

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. 


Organized Crime as Institutional Cluster

Organized Crime as Institutional Cluster

From the perspective of institutionalism and theories of clusters, this book provides a concept of organized crime as an institutional cluster in contrast to the concept of multiple offences, associated with organized criminal groups or/and criminal organizations.

Organized Crime as Institutional Cluster

Organized Crime as Institutional Cluster

From the perspective of institutionalism and theories of clusters, this book provides a concept of organized crime as an institutional cluster in contrast to the concept of multiple offences, associated with organized criminal groups or/and criminal organizations.