Wartime ties and the social logic of crime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4929670 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Zukerman Daly (0000-0003-2463-2822, Columbia University), Laura Paler (0000-0001-5702-2161, University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author), Cyrus Samii (0000-0002-0823-1319, New York University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 536-550 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022343319897098 |
| OpenAlex | W3017771742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 48 |
While ex-combatant reintegration is vital to successful transitions from war to peace, some former fighters turn to crime following demobilization. Such criminality undermines the consolidation of political order. Leading theories of crime participation emphasize the role of both individual economic opportunities and factors related to social ties. Yet, we still know little about the social logic of ex-combatant criminality and how social and economic factors relate as drivers of crime participation. This article presents a theory of how wartime social ties - namely, vertical ties to former commanders and horizontal ties to ex-combatant peers - influence ex-combatant crime on their own and via their relationship to economic opportunity costs. We use the theory to derive predictions in the context of Colombia, and then test them with a combination of administrative data and high-quality original survey data. We find that both vertical and horizontal wartime ties are powerful drivers of ex-combatant criminality. Our evidence indicates that wartime ties mitigate the risks of criminal behavior by facilitating the transmission of criminal capabilities and pro-crime social norms. We do not find that economic conditions moderate the effect of wartime times nor do we find any indication that economic opportunity costs, on their own, predict criminality. These findings underscore the importance of wartime ties - both vertical and horizontal - to understanding post-conflict transitions and designing reintegration interventions
Combatant · Context (archaeology) · Criminology · Demobilization · Geography · Interpersonal ties · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology
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