Organized crime
Terrorism, Risk, and Legislation
White-Collar Crime in the Savings and Loan Scandal
Contemporary Gangs: An Organizational Analysis
Strategic Mobsters or Deprived Migrants? Testing the Transplantation and Deprivation Models of Organized Crime in an Effort to Understand Criminal Mobility and Diversity in the United States
Building Clean: The Control of Crime, Corruption, and Racketeering in the Public Construction Markets of New York City - A Preliminary Assessment of Efforts Made by the Office of the Inspector General, New York City School Construction Authority
Prosecuting Complex Drug Cases: The Challenge for Local Prosecutors
Research on Facilitators of Transnational Organized Crime: Understanding Crime Networks' Logistical Support
Investigating Violent Crime: The Prosecutors Role - Lessons Learned From the Field
Gangs
There is no single definition of a gang, but there are a number of widely accepted criteria for classifying groups as gangs (Decker and Curry, 2003; Esbensen et al., 2001; Klein, 1995; Miller, 1992; Spergel, 1995). This review used the following criteria: (1) the group has three or more members, generally aged 12-24; (2) members share an identity, typically linked to a name and/or symbols...