• 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  

 

Student assessment

 

This section provides suggestions for post-class assignments for the purpose of assessing student understanding of the Module. Suggestions for pre-class or in-class assignments are provided in the Exercises section. 

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

The assessment questions and quizzes are meant to be used by lecturers at the end of the class to assess the knowledge acquired by their students. In order to verify who has access to these post-class assessment materials, we kindly ask you to register yourself here.