Social network and distance correlates of criminal associates involved in illicit drug production

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DC Faculty Research & Scholarship
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Content type
Digital Document
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Text
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Genre
article
Language
Language
English
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Peer Reviewed
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Author (aut): Malm, Aili E.
Author (aut): Kinney, J.B.
Author (aut): Pollard, Nahanni R.
Abstract/Description
Abstract
Abstract
This research examines the relationship between demographic, social network, and criminal history variables, and the distance between the home and locations of individuals (associates) involved in an illicit drug production network. The authors integrate principals from environmental criminology and routine activities theories, journey to crime research, and social network analysis in order to explore the geographic and social space of criminal associates. The results show that the distance between individuals in the drug production criminal network and their associates vary systematically with network characteristics (centrality measures) but not with demographics or criminal history variables.
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Publication Title
Security Journal
Publication Number
Publication Number
Volume 21, Issue 4
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DOI
DOI
10.1057/palgrave.sj.8350069
ISSN
ISSN
0955-1662
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https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.sj.8350069
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Use and Reproduction
© 2008. Palgrave Macmillan. Security Journal.
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IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
Subjects and Classifications
Keywords
Keywords
journey to crime
criminal associates
spatial analysis
social network analysis
environmental criminology
drug production
Subject Topic
Subject Topic
Drug traffic
Drug dealers
Social groups--Moral and ethical aspects
Social networks--Moral and ethical aspects

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Malm, Aili E., J.B. Kinney, and Nahanni R. Pollard. “Social network and distance correlates of criminal associates involved in illicit drug production”. Article. Security Journal. DC Faculty Research & Scholarship. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.sj.8350069.

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