Shaping space. A conceptual framework on the connections between organised crime groups and territories

An introduction to the special issue on ‘Spaces of Organised Crime’

Bibliographic Data

ID21647014
AuthorsAnna Sergi (0000-0001-9995-117X, University of Essex, corresponding author), L Storti (0000-0002-3942-6477, University of Turin)
Year2021
Volume24
Issue2
Pages137-151
Publication date2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTrends in Organized Crime (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1084-4791 • E-ISSN: 1936-4830
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12117-021-09415-0
PMID33840990
OpenAlexW3145494921
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited44

This paper, which is the introduction to this special issue on ‘Spaces of Organised Crime’, aims to analyse the nexus between organised crime groups and territories. Such groups are able to exploit resources that circulate within territorial contexts in which they are embedded. They also operate concretely as entities that can take part to the transformation of spaces into places . Accordingly, we will lay out an analytical model about the processes through which organised crime groups contribute to create and shape territories . We show how these processes link with the main types of organised crime groups on a differentiated basis. In the last section of this introduction, we present the papers included in the special issue and the logic connecting them to one another

Computer security · Criminology · Economic geography · Exploit · Geography · Organised crime · Political science · Regional science · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance

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