The Social Network Consequences of a Gang Murder Blowout

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ID5936675
AutoresAlice Airola (Simon Fraser University), Martin Bouchard (0000-0002-2911-5544, Simon Fraser University, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume9
Fascículo11
Páginas204
Data de publicação2020-11-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci9110204
OpenAlexW3100937904
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas49

An unexpected crisis in a criminal organization offers a rare opportunity to analyze whether and how the configuration of business and trust relationships changes in response to external shocks. The current study recreates the social network of the Red Scorpion gang members involved in the Surrey Six Murder, one of the deadliest gang-related homicides to occur in Canada. The event, which involved two bystanders and six victims in total, was the result of a poorly executed retaliation. Our analyses focus on two phases of the network, the conspiracy phase and the post-murder phase. In each phase, we examine the balance of business, trust, and conflictual ties. Results show that the relative importance of key participants changed from the conspiracy to the post-murder phases, whereby strong, trusted ties gained prominence over the mostly business-oriented network of the conspiracy phase

Balance (ability · Computer security · Criminology · Focus (optics · Interpersonal ties · Key (lock · Phase (matter · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology