Crime: Organized

Andrew V. Papachristos; Sandy Y. Zhao

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.45015-4

Crime: Organized

Andrew V. Papachristos^*, Sandy Y. Zhao

^*Corresponding author for this work

Sociology

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Abstract

The problem of organized crime has captured the attention of scholarly research, federal legislation, popular culture, and the imagination of the public for decades. The definition, conceptualization, activities, and overall analysis of organized crime have also undergone important developments in sociology, political science, economics, law, and other interdisciplinary fields. This article offers an overview of this body of research with descriptions of the current understandings of (1) what constitutes organized crime/organized criminal groups and their activities and (2) different avenues of analysis and approaches to research on organized crime.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc
Pages	170-175
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080970875
ISBN (Print)	9780080970868
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.45015-4
State	Published - Mar 26 2015

Keywords

Crime
Criminology
Functional theories
Gray economy
Mafia
Organized crime
Patron-client structures
Social disorganization
Social network theory
Transnational crime

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General Social Sciences

UN SDGs

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