1st Edition

The Criminology of Carlo Morselli - Part I

Edited By Rémi Boivin, David Décary-Hétu Copyright 2024
134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

The first of two volumes, this book about the criminology of Carlo Morselli includes diverse contributions that study the social inter-dependence of criminal phenomena. It presents various studies on the importance and impact of social ties on offenders, victims and the social response to crime. The idea that social relationships are central to the understanding of human phenomena draws its... Read more

Introduction: the criminology of Carlo Morselli

Rémi Boivin and David Décary-Hétu

1. The determinants of group membership in organized crime in the UK: A network study

Paolo Campana and Federico Varese

2. Violence brokers and super-spreaders: how organised crime transformed the structure of Chicago violence during Prohibition

Chris M. Smith and Andrew V. Papachristos

3. Come at the king, you best not miss: criminal network adaptation after law enforcement targeting of key players

Giulia Berlusconi

4. Cryptomarkets and the returns to criminal experience

Marie Ouellet, David Décary-Hétu and Andréanne Bergeron

5. Criminal achievement, criminal self-efficacy, and the criminology of Carlo Morselli: suggestions for continuing and extending a fruitful line of inquiry

Timothy Brezina and MariTere Molinet

6. Assessing variation in co-offending networks

David Bright, Chad Whelan and Marie Ouellet

Biography

Rémi Boivin is Associate Professor at the School of Criminology of the Université de Montréal, Cananda. Prof. Boivin’ focus on crime analysis led him to the study of co-offending and mobility, for which he used social network perspectives and techniques. His doctoral dissertation was co-supervised by Prof. Carlo Morselli.

David Décary-Hétu is Associate Professor at the School of Criminology of the Université de Montréal, Canada. Through his innovative approach, Prof. Décary-Hétu studies how offenders adopt and use technologies, and how that shapes the regulation of offenses, as well as how researchers can study offenders and offenses.