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URL:https://murmitoyen.com/events/vanille/udem/detail/102520
LOCATION:Université de Montréal - Pavillon Lionel-Groulx\, 3150\, rue Jea
 n-Brillant\, Montréal\, QC\, Canada\, H3T 1T3
SUMMARY:Ethnic patterns and co-offending networks in Italy’s illegal drug
  trade. A case study
DESCRIPTION:Guest Conference : Valentina Tenti (Ph.D. in Crimininology\, Un
 iversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore\, Milan). Her research area mostly dea
 ls with organized crime\, economic crime and crime prevention issues. Sinc
 e 2006\, she has been developing competences in crime analysis\, both quan
 titative and qualitative\, specializing in Social network analysis (SNA) i
 n the study of criminal organizational systems. As a researcher\, she has 
 participated in several projects in the area of crime and public safety. S
 he has authored several publications including articles and reports on org
 anized crime\, network analysis and crime issues in general. Currently\, a
 s a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre International de Criminologie Compa
 rée (Université de Montréal)\, she is conducting a research on the Ital
 ian Mafia in Montreal\, 'Le crime organisé italien à Montréal: analyse
  du phénomène entre réalité et perception'.SummaryThis conference pres
 ents the results of a case study which examines the structure and composit
 ion of Italian and foreign group co-offending in Italy’s illegal drug tr
 ade.Rather than examining network of individuals as prior research has don
 e\, the study’s main object is to assess how offenders and criminal grou
 ps of diverse ethnic origins interact and organize their activities within
  the illegal drug trade scene. To this end\, two contrasting hypotheses ar
 e formulated. Following the same mechanisms occurring in the general marke
 t at large\, the first hypothesis (vertical structure) asserts that barrie
 rs to entrance in profitable segments of the drug distribution process exi
 st for foreign market players and\, thus\, they position themselves at the
  lowest stages of the crime ladder while Italian criminal groups firmly ho
 ld the most rewarding positions and firmly maintain control over the marke
 t. From a different perspective\, the second hypothesis (horizontal struct
 ure) asserts that both Italian and foreign market players have room to act
  autonomously with no higher-level offenders to contend with. They develop
  interest-based sets of cooperation to extend opportunities for illegal ga
 in and co-offending is shaped for the sake of common business ventures. Us
 ing social network analysis on data from a police investigation (Operazion
 e Luna Blu\, Italy 2002)\, the author shows that different types of crime 
 groups tend to have unique co-offending patterns as measured by network co
 mposition and structure.The results also reveal how Italian and foreign ma
 rket players co-operate at different levels of the drug commodity chain\, 
 and support past research who suggests that ethnic-based categories may be
  misleading when trying to classify criminal groups.InformationConférence
  présentée par le Centre international de criminologie comparée
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