Soviet Emigre Organized Crime Networks in the United States, 1992-1995 / James O. Finckenauer, Elin Waring.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Finckenauer, James O.

Waring, Elin J.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 2594.

ICPSR ; 2594

Language:

English

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR version.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The goal of this study was to assess the nature and scope of Soviet emigre crime in the United States, with a special focus on the question of whether and how well this crime was organized. The research project was designed to overcome the lack of reliable and valid knowledge on Soviet emigre crime networks through the systematic collection, evaluation, and analysis of information. In Part 1, the researchers conducted a national survey of 750 law enforcement specialists and prosecutors to get a general overview of Soviet emigre crime in the United States. For Parts 2-14, the researchers wanted to look particularly at the character, operations, and structure, as well as the criminal ventures and enterprises, of Soviet emigre crime networks in the New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania region. They were also interested in any international criminal connections to these networks, especially with the former Soviet Union. The investigators focused particularly on identifying whether these particular networks met the following criteria commonly used to define organized crime: (1) some degree of hierarchical structure within the network, (2) continuity of that structure over time, (3) use of corruption and violence to facilitate and protect criminal activities, (4) internal discipline within the network structure, (5) involvement in multiple criminal enterprises that are carried out with a degree of criminal sophistication, (6) involvement in legitimate businesses, and (7) bonding among participants based upon shared ethnicity. Data for Parts 2-14 were collected from a collaborative effort with the Tri-State Joint Project on Soviet Emigre Organized Crime. From 1992 through 1995 every investigative report or other document produced by the project was entered into a computer file that became the database for the network analysis. Documents included undercover observation and surveil... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02594

Contents:

Part 1: National Survey of Law Enforcement and Prosecutors Data; Part 2: Actor Identification Data; Part 3: Sources of Data; Part 4: Indictments Data; Part 5: Tips Data; Part 6: Reports Data; Part 7: Criminal Acts Data; Part 8: Confidential Informants Data; Part 9: Newspaper Data; Part 10: Social Surveillance Data; Part 11: Other Surveillance Data; Part 12: Company Reports Data; Part 13: Phone Calls Data; Part 14: Phone Books Data

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61147534

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