• E4J University Module Series: Organized Crime

• Module 7: Models of Organized Criminal Groups

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• Models and structure of organized crime
• Hierarchical model of organized criminal groups
• Local, cultural model of organized crime
• Enterprise or business model of organized crime
• Focusing on groups versus activities
• New forms of organized crime: networked structures
• Summary
• References

• Exercises

• Case studies and exercises
• Thinking critically through fiction

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Review and assessment questions
• Quiz 7
• Research and independent study questions

• Additional teaching tools

 

Published in May 2018

Regional Perspective: Pacific Islands Region - added in November 2019

Regional Perspective: Eastern and Southern Africa - added in April 2020

 

 

  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Advanced reading

 

The following readings are recommended for students interested in exploring the topics of this Module in more detail, and for lecturers teaching the Module:

• Brenner, Susan W. (2002). Organized Cybercrime? How Cyberspace May Affect the Structure of Criminal Relationships. North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology, vol. 4, 29.

• Broadhurst, Roderic, Peter Grabosky, Mamoun Alazab, Brigitte Bouhours, Steve Chon (2014). An Analysis of the Nature of Groups engaged in Cyber Crime. International Journal of Cyber Criminology, vol. 8, 1-20.

• Paoli, Letizia (2002). The Paradoxes of Organized Crime. Crime, Law and Social Change, vol. 37, 51-97.

• Reuter, Peter (1983). Disorganized Crime: The Economics of the Visible Hand Cambridge: MIT Press.

• von Lampe, Klaus & Per Ole Johansen (2004). Organized Crime and Trust: On the Conceptualization and Empirical Relevance of Trust in the Context of Criminal Networks. Global Crime, vol. 6, 159-184.