Contacts, opportunities, and criminal enterprise / / Carlo Morselli

• Autore: Morselli Carlo <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005; ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.3
• Soggetto topico: Criminal behavior; Criminals - Social networks; Criminal psychology; Organized crime
• Soggetto genere / forma: Case studies.; Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Contacts, opportunities, and criminal enterprise
• ISBN: 0-8020-3811-5; 1-282-02894-4; 9786612028946; 1-4426-7330-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780686903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II