The Organized Crime Continuum: A Further Specification of a New Conceptual Model
@article{Hagan1983TheOC, title={The Organized Crime Continuum: A Further Specification of a New Conceptual Model}, author={Frank E. Hagan}, journal={Criminal Justice Review}, year={1983}, volume={8}, pages={52 - 57} }
Endless and sometimes fruitless debate continues in the literature regarding a proper definition of organized crime as a concept. Much of this difficulty is associated with thefact that the concept has been viewed at a nominal level of measurement and the question asked: "Is this group and/or its operations an example of organized crime?" A neoteric, continuum (ordinal) model of the concept of "organized crime" suggests that such a question is futile and that an analogy can be drawn with other…
79 Citations
The paradoxes of organized crime
- Law
- 2002
The paper argues that the concept of organised crime inconsistently incorporates the following notions: a) the provision of illegal goods and services and b) a criminal organization, understood as a…
“Organized crime” and “organized crime”: Indeterminate problems of definition
- Law
- 2006
Despite decades of effort, the search for a universal definition of organized crime has eluded both academics, criminal justice agencies, as well as international bodies. More than two decades ago, a…
Proof Taylor & Francis Not for distribution Proof GENERAL INTRODUCTION What is organized crime ?
- Political Science
- 2010
What are we to understand by organized crime (henceforth OC)? This is the question that an introduction to a four-volume collection of papers and book chapters on the subject must attempt to answer.…
Organized criminal involvement in the illicit antiquities trade
- Sociology
- 2011
From the ”glocal” perspective of a large sample of archaeologists conducting fieldwork throughout the world and working on the very sites of interest to looters, this paper explores the question…
Organised Criminals as “Agents of Obligation”: The Case of Ireland
- Law
- 2011
Relying on Brown's (2005a, b) thesis that contemporary shifts in penal policy are best understood as a reprisal of colonial rationality, so that offenders become “non-citizens” or “agents of…
Organized Crime and Violence
- Art
- 2003
The imposition of the will of an individual or group via the utilization of physical force or its threat can be linked in various ways to pecuniary reward, and as a consequence violence and organized…
Problems of definition: What is organized crime?
- Law
- 2005
What do most people, or at least most Americans, think of when they hear, see, or read the term “organized crime”? What do they know about it? And from whence do they get their information? What…
Organised Crime as a Framework Concept
- Law, Sociology
- 2017
This chapter provides an overview of the situation of the research of organised crime in its different dimensions. We first provide a debate on the definition of organised crime as a reference…
Conflict, power and wealth : organised crime as an everyday phenomenon : a case study of Greece
- Political Science
- 2010
Research has shown that organised crime (OC) is a powerful and wealthy enterprise with strong ties to politics, businesses and the civil society. A significant portion of organised crime remains…
Organized Crime and Employment Relations: A Personal Story of ‘Ndrangheta Control on Employment Relations Management Practices in Southern Italy
- SociologyWork, Employment and Society
- 2021
This article sets out the testimony of Paolo, an Italian entrepreneur who worked under the control of an ‘Ndrangheta clan for years, and finally rebelled against that criminal organization. Paolo…
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 17 REFERENCES
On Defining "Organized Grime"
- Law
- 1976
"Organized crime" means different things to different people: as a result, views of its seriousness vary. This paper discusses some of the problems in defining "organized crime. " It offers a general…
Paragons, Pariahs, and Pirates: A Spectrum-Based Theory of Enterprise
- Law
- 1980
Americans have traditionally treated white-collar crime and organized crime as if they were two independent phenomena, but there is a growing awareness that they may not be that distinct and that a…
Introduction to criminology
- Law, Sociology
- 1984
Barlow's Introduction to Criminology is a comprehensive introduction to crime, criminality, and societal responses from a sociological perspective. Strong coverage of historical trends is a key…
A Man of Honor: The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno
- History, Economics
- 1983
"Friendships, connections, family ties, trust, loyalty, obedience-this was the 'glue' that held us together." These were the principles that the greatest Mafia "Boss Of one of an excellent book but…
Careers in crime
- Education
- 1975
Spend your time even for only few minutes to read a book. Reading a book will never reduce and waste your time to be useless. Reading, for some people become a need that is to do every day such as…
Criminal behavior systems;: A typology
- Psychology, Law
- 1973
1. Types of Criminal Behavior 2. Violent Personal Criminal Behavior 3. Occasional Property Criminal Behavior 4. Public Order Criminal Behavior 5. Conventional Criminal Behavior 6. Political Criminal…