LEADER 04230nam 2200829 450 001 9910455802303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8020-3811-5 010 $a1-282-02894-4 010 $a9786612028946 010 $a1-4426-7330-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442673304 035 $a(CKB)2420000000003965 035 $a(OCoLC)244766741 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10218699 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001420415 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12523403 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001420415 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11408218 035 $a(PQKB)10186644 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000292590 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11911177 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292590 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10269348 035 $a(PQKB)11747252 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600427 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3254795 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671375 035 $a(DE-B1597)464348 035 $a(OCoLC)944178337 035 $a(OCoLC)999367464 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442673304 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671375 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257090 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL202894 035 $a(OCoLC)958579183 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000003965 100 $a20160926h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContacts, opportunities, and criminal enterprise /$fCarlo Morselli 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (168 p.) 225 0 $aLorenzo da Ponte Italian Library Civilization and democracy 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-3879-4 311 $a0-8020-9205-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Conceptual Discrepancies -- $t2. A Personal Network Framework for Criminal Enterprise -- $t3. Sources and Method -- $t4. Structuring Mr. Nice -- $t5. Career Opportunities in the Cosa Nostra -- $t6. Privileged Positioning and Access to Lethal Violence -- $t7. Summary and Extensions -- $tAppendix A: Contact Matrices for Marks' Importation Consignments -- $tAppendix B: Contact Matrices for Gravano's Promotional Phases -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aSuccess in criminal enterprise largely depends on how offenders go about committing their crimes. An offender?s search for increasing financial returns and decreasing costs is mediated by the structure of his pool of useful and trustworthy contacts. In Contacts, Opportunities, and Criminal Enterprise, Carlo Morselli examines how business-oriented criminals who have personal networks designed to promote high numbers of diverse contacts achieve and maintain competitive advantages in their earning activities and overall criminal careers.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. Morselli further utilizes this relational approach to illustrate how survival and long-term endurance in criminal enterprise is achieved, and how criminals? networks of contacts and opportunities can insulate them from potentially career-damaging forces ? law enforcement, fellow criminals, etc. Contacts, Opportunities, and Criminal Enterprise is a much-needed assessment of criminal activity. 606 $aCriminal behavior$vCase studies 606 $aCriminals$xSocial networks 606 $aCriminal psychology$vCase studies 606 $aOrganized crime 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCriminal behavior 615 0$aCriminals$xSocial networks. 615 0$aCriminal psychology 615 0$aOrganized crime. 676 $a364.3 700 $aMorselli$b Carlo$f1969-$0256938 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455802303321 996 $aContacts, opportunities, and criminal enterprise$92447488 997 $aUNINA