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This innovative collection of original essays showcases the use of social networks in the analysis and understanding of various forms of crime. More than any other past research endeavor, the seventeen chapters in this book apply to criminology the many conceptual and methodological options from social network analysis. Crime and Networks is the only book of its kind that looks at the use of networks in understanding crime, and can be used for advanced undergraduate and beginner's graduate level courses in criminal justice and criminology

In Contacts, Opportunities, and Criminal Enterprise, 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

Few analyses of basic elements of the synthetic drug market have been conducted, particularly in regard to its structural features. Synthetic drug's relatively recent classification as an illicit substance, coupled with its distinct clandestine characteristics, has hindered the development of reliable assessments of the market's structural features. Using information derived from 365 seized synthetic drugs, this study aims to reliably examine the structural attributes of Quebec's synthetic drug market by merging two approaches: drug composition and economic analysis. Findings for the drug composition analysis indicate that the market is composed of a high number of small structures, indicating a competitive and decentralized market. Providing complementary information, the economic analysis revealed that differential production costs and relations between traffickers influence price variations, depending on the region. These results emphasize the need to design policies that account for regional differences as well as reflect the competitive nature of the market.

L'organisation de systèmes d'opérations financières suspectes diffèrerait souvent de l'image présentée par les scandales qu'ils suscitent. Des formes de criminalité sont confondues avec des schèmes de nature douteuse (finance grise) accessibles à une minorité. De plus, la ferveur du scandale tend à cibler certains acteurs comme dirigeant un groupe centralisé ou intermédiaires entre les milieux d'affaires, politique et criminel. Les transactions sont reconstruites en un complot d'ensemble tandis qu'elles constitueraient diverses collaborations visant des intérêts privés dans le petit monde de réseaux d'élites. L'étude de cas des scandales liés à Michele Sindona et Roberto Calvi par analyse documentaire et de réseaux illustre de telles disparités concernant la représentation de la criminalité financière.

Brokers are fundamental for maintaining flexibility in the networks that embed criminal activities. Our study aims at offering more precision on this key issue by examining the impact that brokers may have on crime‐commission processes. To do so, we analyze two stolen‐vehicle exportation (or ringing) operations within a framework that merges crime‐script analysis and social‐network analysis. We assess how diverse degrees of brokerage are distributed across the ringing operations and how the removal of key brokers would have had a disruptive impact by reducing the scope of alternatives for crime‐script permutation and flexibility.