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Co-Offending Between Criminal Enterprise Groups

NCJ Number
235139
Journal
Global Crime Volume: 12 Issue: 2 Dated: May 2011 Pages: 112-128
Author(s)
Aili Malm; Gisela Bichler; Rebecca Nash
Date Published
May 2011
Length
17 pages
Annotation
This study examined the structure and composition of co-offending among types of criminal enterprise groups.
Abstract
Rather than examining networks of individuals as prior research has done, this study systematically examines the structure and composition of co-offending among types of criminal enterprise groups. Using social network analysis, the authors show that different types of crime groups tend to have unique co-offending patterns as measured by network composition and structure. The results also support the countercurrent of criminologists who suggest that ethnically derived categories may be misleading when trying to classify criminal enterprise groups. (Published Abstract)