Purpose Social network analysis (SNA) seeks to manage the connections between entities
through investigating and understanding behaviours and relationships. This study …

The concept of risk has received scholarly attention from a variety of angles in the social,
technical, and natural sciences. However, public policy scholars have not yet generated a …

A small but growing number of analysts of criminal activity have used social network
analysis (SNA) to characterise criminal organisations and produce valuable insights into the …

Objectives The project aims to:(1) investigate structural and functional changes in an
Australian drug trafficking network across time to determine ways in which such networks …

Bureaucratic and patrimonial theories of organized crime tend to miss the history and
mobility of crime groups integrating into and organizing with legitimate society. The network …

Mexican cartels lose many members as a result of conflict with other cartels and
incarcerations. Yet, despite their losses, cartels manage to increase violence for years. We …

Mott KTA Journalism and Mass Communication Research Award, Kappa Tau Alpha Tankard
Book Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) …

Mexican drug networks are large and violent, engaging in activities like the trafficking of
narcotics, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, and mass murder. Despite the impact of …

Covert networks refer to criminal organizations that operate outside the boundaries of the
law; they can be mainly classified as terrorist networks and criminal networks. We consider …

Insurgent organizations have become major players in criminal enterprises around the
world. However, research examining why some participate in crime while others do not …