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Criminal Constitutions
Originally published in Global Crime
Why do criminals use constitutions? This paper argues that constitutions perform three functions in criminal organizations. By performing these functions, constitutions facilitate criminal cooperation and enhance criminals’ profit.
Why do criminals use constitutions? This paper argues that constitutions perform three functions in criminal organizations. By performing these functions, constitutions facilitate criminal cooperation and enhance criminals’ profit. To examine our hypothesis we examine the constitutions of two criminal organizations: 18th-century Caribbean pirates and the contemporary Californian prison gang, La Nuestra Familia.
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