Organised crime, occupations and opportunity

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ID5851920
AutoresEdward R Kleemans (0000-0002-6986-8903, Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum), H G Van De Bunt (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Ano2008
Volume9
Fascículo3
Páginas185-197
Data de publicação2008-07-29
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGlobal Crime (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1744-0572 • E-ISSN: 1744-0580
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17440570802254254
OpenAlexW2142834994
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas27
Referências citadas1

This paper elaborates upon occupations, work relations, work settings, and their connection with organised crime activities. The analysis is based upon data from 120 case studies from the Dutch Organised Crime Monitor, involving 1623 suspects. The paper describes the different kinds of occupations encountered in cases of organised crime and the main characteristics of these occupations. Furthermore, the paper describes in more detail four cases of organised crime that illustrate the embeddedness of certain organised crime activities in work relations and work settings. Following Mars,1 1. Gerald Mars, Cheats at Work: An Anthropology of Workplace Crime (London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1982). the paper analyses both the grid dimension and the group dimension of certain occupations and work settings. The paper concludes that social relations as well as settings and opportunity structures provide structure to the organisation of many forms of crime, including organised crime

Embeddedness · Organised crime · Policing Practices and Perceptions