42ORGC0 - PAP2 - Criminal careers in organized crime
Session Type: Pre-Arranged Panel
Category: 42. Organised Crime
Session Details
Criminal careers in organized crime
Authors
Francesco Calderoni
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Transcrime
Tommaso Comunale
Center for the Study of Democracy
Gian Maria Campedelli
Università degli Studi di Trento
Martina Marchesi
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Transcrime
Deborah Manzi
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Transcrime
Niccolò Frualdo
Northwestern University
Abstract
categories
The review identified 52 quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies meeting all eligibility criteria.
19 quantitative studies allowed the extraction of 346 effect sizes. The data synthesis relied on multiple random effects meta‐analyses with inverse variance weighting. Mixed methods and qualitative studied were used to inform, contextualize, and expand the analysis of quantitative studies.
The amount and the quality of available evidence were weak, and most studies had a high risk‐of‐bias. Most independent measures were correlates, with possible issues in establishing a causal relation with organized crime membership.
We found relatively strong evidence that being male, prior criminal activity, and prior violence are associated with higher odds of future organized crime recruitment. There was weak evidence, although supported by qualitative studies, prior narrative reviews, and findings from correlates, that prior sanctions, social relations with organized crime involved subjects, and a troubled family environment are associated with greater odds of recruitment.
The evolution of the criminal careers of mafia offenders across different generations
Authors
Francesco Calderoni
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Transcrime
Abstract
This paper explores the changes in the criminal careers of more than 11 thousand Italian mafia offenders born in six different periods (before the 1940, in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and in the 1980s and later). It compares some simple parameters of their offending patterns (e.g. age of onset, violence, first mafia offence) and also their prison experience to explore the impact of the changes in the Italian criminal justice antimafia action on the criminal careers of mafia offenders.
Co-offending & the evolution of violent behavior among organized crime offenders
Authors
Cecilia Meneghini
University of Cambridge
Francesco Calderoni
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Transcrime
Abstract
Comparing the criminal careers of Italian and Dutch organized crime offenders
Authors
Tommaso Comunale
Center for the Study of Democracy
Edward Kleemans
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Victor van der Geest
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Francesco Calderoni
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Transcrime
Abstract
The samples are matched to ensure that they have similar distributions in the decades of birth of the offenders.
We examine the similarities and differences across several criminal careers parameters including the age of onset, career duration, number of crimes, number of violent crimes, types of offences and diversification, and seriousness.
The findings offer insight on the criminal careers within very different types of organized crime. Notwithstanding the differences, the two samples report interesting similarities, suggesting that the analysis of criminal careers can help understanding the involvement in organized crime.
42ORGC0 - PAP2 - Criminal careers in organized crime
Description
Session Chair
Francesco Calderoni
22/9/2022, 9:45 AM — 11:00 AM