ABSTRACT

This innovative collection of original essays showcases the use of social networks in the analysis and understanding of various forms of crime. More than any other past research endeavor, the seventeen chapters in this book apply to criminology the many conceptual and methodological options from social network analysis.
Crime and Networks is the only book of its kind that looks at the use of networks in understanding crime, and can be used for advanced undergraduate and beginner’s graduate level courses in criminal justice and criminology.

chapter |9 pages

Introduction

part |97 pages

Organized Crime Networks

chapter |15 pages

Snakeheads and the Cartwheel Network

Functional Fluidity as Opposed to Structural Flexibility

chapter |17 pages

Illegal Networks or Criminal Organizations

Structure, Power, and Facilitators in Cocaine Trafficking Structures

chapter |15 pages

Dismantling Criminal Networks

Can Node Attributes Play a Role?

part |54 pages

Cybercrime Networks

part |38 pages

Economic Crime Networks

chapter |14 pages

Pushing the Ponzi

The Rise and Fall of a Network Fraud

chapter |22 pages

Breakdown of Brokerage

Crisis and Collapse in the Watergate Conspiracy

part |38 pages

Extremist Networks

chapter |14 pages

Understanding Transnational Crime in Conflict-Affected Environments

The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Illicit Minerals Trading Network