ETHNIC SUCCESSION AND NETWORK FORMATION IN ORGANIZED CRIME - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 13291
• Author(s): F A J IANNI; S FISHER
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 239 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-71-076
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Columbia University Teachers College
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE STRUCTURE OF ETHNIC COMMUNITIES IN URBAN SOCIETY AND ORGANIZED CRIME AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM.

Abstract

THIS STUDY EXAMINES THE PROCESS OF ETHNIC SUCCESSION IN ORGANIZED CRIME SYNDICATES IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY DEVELOPING A MODEL OF HOW NEW MEMBER GROUPS ORGANIZE THEMSELVES TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS SHARED BY MEMBERS AND HOW THESE GROUPS DEVELOP AND ENFORCE RULES TO MAXIMIZE THEIR CRIMINAL EFFORTS. RESULTS OF THE STUDY INCLUDES DOCUMENTATION OF THE PROCESS OF ETHNIC SUCCESSION IN ORGANIZED CRIME, ANALYSIS OF PATTERNS OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN NEWLY EMERGING CRIMINAL GROUPS IN RELATION TO THE SOCIETY, THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER GROUPS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRELIMINARY MODELS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF NEWLY FORMED ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUPS. SEE NCJ-013312 FOR SUMMARY OF THE REPORT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)