{"product_id":"contacts-opportunities-and-criminal-enterprise-carlo-morselli-9780802038111","title":"Contacts, Opportunities and Criminal Enterprise","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuccess in criminal enterprise largely depends on how offenders go about committing their crimes. An offender's search for increasing financial returns and decreasing costs is mediated by the structure of his pool of useful and trustworthy contacts. In \u003ci\u003eContacts, Opportunities, and Criminal Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e, Carlo Morselli examines how business-oriented criminals who have personal networks designed to promote high numbers of diverse contacts achieve and maintain competitive advantages in their earning activities and overall criminal careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on two case studies of criminal careers in international cannabis smuggling and Cosa Nosta racketeering, the book proposes a social network framework to study the underlying social relationships influencing achievement in crime. Morselli further utilizes this relational approach to illustrate how survival and long-term endurance in criminal enterprise is achieved, and how criminals' networks of contacts and opportunities can insulate them from potentially career-damaging forces - law enforcement, fellow criminals, etc. \u003ci\u003eContacts, Opportunities, and Criminal Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e is a much-needed assessment of criminal activity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlo Morselli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802038115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802038111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.36w x 0.51d","brand":"Carlo Morselli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947182031103,"sku":"9780802038111","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_786ea383-82c4-4222-af0e-b4b399013b79.jpg?v=1681517207","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contacts-opportunities-and-criminal-enterprise-carlo-morselli-9780802038111","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}