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How mafias migrate: Transplantation, functional diversification, and separation

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Many policy makers and some academics believe that mafias move easily between countries and with little difficulty quickly become deeply rooted. The reality is more complicated. Mafiosi often move away from their home territories because they are forced to do so rather than because they relocate for strategic reasons; that kind of transplantation abroad tends to be unsuccessful. Whether transplantation succeeds depends on the presence of mafiosi and local factors, such as whether markets, con...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1086/708870

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Division:
SSD
Department:
Sociology
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Author
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Crime and Justice Journal website
Volume:
49
Pages:
289–337
Publication date:
2020-06-03
Acceptance date:
2020-05-28
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EISSN:
2153-0416
ISSN:
0192-3234
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1107251
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pubs:1107251
Deposit date:
2020-05-28

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