SOC208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Counterfeit Money, Loan Shark, Phishing
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Identity crime: email scams, phishing and spoofing. Legitimate business: construction, sometimes invest into these, sometimes embezzle from them. Internal disputes top down: group membership strong social or ethnic identity, e. g. Russian mob: violence yes, geographic scope clearly defined, know law enforcement in area, can avoid or work with law easily, reorganization dissolution, split or moved up, structure like structure of other crime fighting organizations boss, higher ups, and lower level soldiers. Academic definition: social relationships, informal social structures, networks, flexibility, ephemeral, changing, adaptable. Illicit goods and services for profit: corruption, makes use of existing corrupt relations, relationship with society. Integral to segments of society, demand, social and political support: meet need in society, e. g. knockoff goods exist because many legitimate goods are too pricey for most people, contrast to state definition. Integral to segments of society, demand, social, and political support. Loosely organized, informal groups: hostile, uncertain environments.
