Advances in Research on Illicit Networks

ISBN-13: 9780367739195 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str.

Martin Bouchard

Opis

This book provides a state of the art assessment of network research currently being conducted in criminology and beyond, pushing the field further in multiple ways. It was originally published as a special issue of Global Crime.

Spis treści

1. Advances in research on illicit networks  2. Co-offending in Canada, England and the United States: a cross-national comparison  3. Friends with(out) benefits: co-offending and re-arrest  4. Exploring the social organisation and structure of stolen data markets  5. Reputation in a dark network of online criminals  6. The multiplexity of political conspiracy: illegal networks and the collapse of Watergate  7. The BALCO scandal: the social structure of a steroid distribution network  8. Evolution of a drug trafficking network: Mapping changes in network structure and function across time  9. Small arms, big guns: a dynamic model of illicit market opportunity  10. Networks as strategic repertoires: Functional differentiation among Al-Shabaab terror cells

O autorze

Martin Bouchard is Associate Professor of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. His research focuses on the organization and dynamics of illegal markets, and the role of social networks in a variety of criminal phenomena. His work appeared in numerous journals, including Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, and Social Networks.