Social Network Analysis of Criminal Structures

Georgi Petrunov ()
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Georgi Petrunov: University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Nauchni trudove, 2015, issue 2, 325-360

Abstract: The study proposes an application of one of the most generative approaches in current economic sociology – social network analysis, to Bulgarian criminal structures. The increasing levels of deviance and crime are particularly actual global issues in the XXI century. This process is even more relevant for countries like Bulgaria, where crime, especially organized crime, has been a key problem for the last 25 years. The text emphasizes the importance of knowing the structure and the way the crime groups function for increasing the effectiveness of combating crime. Based on the social network analysis of three cases of Bulgarian criminal structures, some opportunities to improve the policies for combating criminal networks in Bulgaria are displayed.

Keywords: social network analysis; sociology of crime; criminal networks; organized crime; public policy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K42 O17 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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