A community paradigm of organized crime |
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Authors: | Gary Potter Terry Cox |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Police Studies, Eastern Kentucky University, USA |
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Abstract: | This article reviews the available empirical research on organized crime and suggests that an important dimension of that
research is the close symbiosis between organized crime groups and the communities in which they operate. As such, it is hypothesized
that the concept of community may be important to explaining the persistence and durability of organized crime.
A community model proposed by Roland Warren, which seeks to integrate much of the sociological literature on the community,
and which delineates the basic functions of the community is presented as a means of organizing the available date about organized
crime and explaining organized crime’s functional and latent aspects. |
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