Contacts, Opportunities, and Criminal Enterprise /

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"Based on two case studies of criminal careers in international cannabis smuggling and Cosa Nosta racketeering, the book proposes a social network framework to study the underlying social relationships influencing achievement in crime. Carlo Morselli further utilizes this relational approach to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morselli, Carlo, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kriminalpsychologie
Soziales Netzwerk
Organisiertes Verbrechen
Organized crime.
Criminal psychology.
Criminal behavior.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime organise.
Psychologie criminelle > Études de cas.
Criminels > Reseaux sociaux.
Comportement criminel > Études de cas.
Criminal psychology > Case studies.
Criminals > Social networks.
Criminal behavior > Case studies.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Conceptual discrepancies
  • 2. A personal network framework for criminal enterprise
  • 3. Sources and method
  • 4. Structuring Mr. Nice
  • 5. Career opportunities in the Cosa Nostra
  • 6. Privileged positioning and access to lethal violence
  • 7. Summary and extensions
  • App. A. Contact matrices for marks' importation consignments
  • App. B. Contact matrices for Gravano's promotional phases.

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