Contacts, Opportunities, and Criminal Enterprise
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: September 18, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780802038111
Subjects: Organized crime; Social networks; Criminals; Social Science; Sociology; Criminology; Social Science / Criminology; Criminal psychology; Case studies; Criminal behavior
First sentence: Much work has been devoted to distinguishing between criminal (or illegal) enterprise and organized crime.
Description: "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 illustrate how early success and long-term survival in criminal enterprise are achieved, and how criminals' networks of contacts and opportunities can insulate them from potentially career-damaging forces such as law enforcement and fellow criminals."--Jacket.