• DOI:10.1023/A:1013355122531
Corpus ID: 153414741

The paradoxes of organized crime

@article{Paoli2002ThePO,
  title={The paradoxes of organized crime},
  author={L. Paoli},
  journal={Crime, Law and Social Change},
  year={2002},
  volume={37},
  pages={51-97}
}

• L. Paoli
• Published 2002
• Political Science
• Crime, Law and Social Change

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 large-scale collectivity, primarily engaged in illegal activities with a well-defined collective identity and subdivision of work among its members. Against this superimposition, the author's contention is twofold: (1) The supply of illegal commodities mainly takes place in a `disorganized' way and… Expand

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