Morselli Inside Criminal Networks

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-387-09526-4
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 8, 204 Seiten

Reihe: Studies of Organized Crime

This book is the first extensive study of criminal networks
The case study designs and analytical paths are straightforward and can serve as a source for future research endeavours using a variety of data sources



Author: Carlo Morselli (Assistant Professor at the School of Criminology, Université de Montréal)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morselli, Carlo

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgments;6
2;Contents;9
3;The Criminal Network Perspective;13
3.1;I. The Criminal Network Difference;17
3.2;II. Flexible Order;21
3.3;III. Centrality and Key Player Designations;24
3.3.1;Direct Centrality and Visibility;24
3.3.2;Brokers as Key Players;27
3.4;IV. Seek, Rather than Assume, Structure;30
3.5;V. Organization of the Book;33
4;Case Study Sources and Designs;34
4.1;I. Case Selection and Access;34
4.2;II. Case Study Descriptions;38
4.2.1;Krebs’ Terrorist Network;39
4.2.2;Project Ciel;40
4.2.3;Project Caviar;40
4.2.4;Projects Siren and Togo;41
4.2.5;Operation Springtime 2001;43
4.2.6;Street Gangs and Drug Distribution in Montreal North;45
4.3;III. Designing the Criminal Networks;46
4.3.1;The Matrix and the Sociogram;46
4.3.2;Assembling the Final Network Representation;48
4.4;IV. Centrality and Analogous Network Measures;49
4.4.1;In the Thick of Things;50
4.4.2;In Between;50
4.4.3;In the Thick of the Thick;51
4.4.4;Less Efficiently In Between;51
4.4.5;Localized Clustering;51
4.5;V. Challenges in Criminal Network Analysis;52
4.5.1;Clarity and Attributes in Relational Data;53
4.5.2;Missing Data Beyond the Final Network Representation;55
4.5.3;Missing Data Within the Final Network Representation;58
4.5.4;Are Central Participants Simply Central Targets of a Police Investigation?;59
4.5.5;Are Law-Enforcement Intercepted Networks Simply Failed Criminal Networks?;60
5;Partnership Configurations in Illegal Drug- Importation;62
5.1;I. Resource-Sharing in Crime;63
5.2;II. Two Networks in One;66
5.3;III. Direct and Indirect ConnectivityWithin the Ciel Network;69
5.4;IV. Conclusion;71
6;The Efficiency–Security Trade-Off;73
6.1;I. The Network’s Objective and Time-to-Task;74
6.2;II. Snakes and Clusters;76
6.3;III. Centrality Issues and Distinctions;78
6.4;IV. Conclusion;81
7;Legitimate Strengths in Criminal Networks;82
7.1;I. Legitimate Actors in Criminal Settings;84
7.2;II. Differences Between Trafficker and Nontrafficker Subsets;86
7.3;III. Seeds in the Network;88
7.4;IV. The Direction of Contact;89
7.5;V. Discrete Participants and Pawns;91
7.6;VI. Conclusion;92
8;Law-Enforcement Disruption of a Drug- Importation Network;94
8.1;I. Coding for Criminal Network Dynamics;94
8.1.1;The Context of Control;95
8.1.2;The Uniqueness of the Caviar Case;98
8.2;II. Characteristics of the Overall Caviar Network;99
8.3;III. Changes in the Caviar Network Across Investigative Phases;101
8.3.1;Decentralization and Core Changes;105
8.3.2;Disorder and Accountability;107
8.4;IV. Conclusion;109
9;Brokerage Qualifications in Ringing Scripts;111
9.1;I. Crime Scripts and Flexibility;112
9.2;II. Merging Crime Script and Social Network Frameworks;113
9.3;III. The Case Study Design;115
9.3.1;Determining Brokerage Qualifications;115
9.3.2;Assessing Participant Removal Impact on Script Permutation;117
9.4;IV. Criminal Network Flexibility and Script Permutation;118
9.4.1;Overall Scripts;118
9.4.2;Networks Within the Scripts;121
9.4.3;General Participant Removal and Impact;124
9.4.4;The Broker Impact on Flexibility;125
9.4.5;Nonbroker Impact on Flexibility;127
9.5;V. Conclusion;128
10;Hells Angels in Springtime;130
10.1;I. Hells Angels Inc.;131
10.2;II. The Hells Angels Network in Operation Springtime;137
10.2.1;Variations in Key Participant Status Across the Network;139
10.3;III. Conclusion;144
11;Street Gang Presence in Drug-Distribution Operations;146
11.1;I. Gangs and Flexible Order;147
11.2;II. Past Research on “Gang Networks”;152
11.3;III. Three Investigations, One Network;155
11.3.1;Identifying Gang Members;156
11.3.2;Single-Case Versus Overlapped-Cases Representations;157
11.4;IV. Where are the Gang Members?;160
11.5;V. Conclusion;164
12;Summary and Extensions;165
12.1;I. Extensions of the Criminal Network Perspective;167
12.1.1;Assessing Change Within Disrupted Networks;168
12.1.2;Content Analysis of Electronically Monitored Conversations;169
12.1.3;Expanding on the Social Embeddedness of Network Participants;170
12.1.4;Criminal Network Position and Individual Traits;170
12.1.5;Criminal Networks and the Criminal Career;172
12.1.6;Criminal Networks Beyond the Individual;173
12.1.7;The Master Network;174
13;Appendix;176
14;References;194
15;Index;205