CRIM 459 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Capital, Illegal Entry, Ufo Conspiracy Theory
30 Jul 2018
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Week 4: models of oc i the. News: victims often refuse to cooperate in gang violence, need to make a difference between drug-related and gang-related, alien conspiracy. Started with the italian families in the us in 60s-70s, beginning of oc. Theory was developed by politicians, not scientists (i. e. , Hierarchy, structured like a government, loops and paperwork. Theory says that everything is rational: illegal entry. Oc is no different than other enterprises. Supply and demand for the market: protection (italian) mafia, if you are a part of the private protection industry, you are in. Social ties and social bonds that criminal organizations to form relationships, trusted connections. Emphasizes too much on the outsides that it neglects crime opportunities within, forgetting that oc is also domestic. Missing other structures, may not apply for all oc. People, and how they organize themselves, structure.
