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Autore |
Morselli Carlo <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Contacts, opportunities, and criminal enterprise / / Carlo Morselli |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005 |
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©2005 |
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ISBN |
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0-8020-3811-5 |
1-282-02894-4 |
9786612028946 |
1-4426-7330-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (168 p.) |
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Collana |
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Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library Civilization and democracy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Criminal behavior |
Criminals - Social networks |
Criminal psychology |
Organized crime |
Case studies. |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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; 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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 illustrate how early success and long-term survival in criminal enterprise are achieved, and how criminals' |
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