Abstract
Maritime piracy has been romanticized extensively by writers and film-makers, but has otherwise been consigned to the past. Over the last five years, however, there has been a phenomenal increase in the number of attacks on commercial seafarers and their vessels. Modern-day piracy is frequently a violent and ruthless practice, and it inspires considerable fear among the ship-owners and crew members who are responsible for carrying their cargo into the territorial waters of other nations. This paper introduces the subject of modern-day maritime piracy, reviews theoretical explanations of this emerging crime control problem, then attempts to explain the recent spate of piratical attacks by invoking a routine activities approach.
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