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BROKERAGE QUALIFICATIONS IN RINGING OPERATIONS *
Author(s) -
MORSELLI CARLO,
ROY JULIE
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2008.00103.x
Subject(s) - ringing , flexibility (engineering) , scope (computer science) , key (lock) , commission , computer security , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , business , process management , telecommunications , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , economics , management , finance , programming language
Brokers are fundamental for maintaining flexibility in the networks that embed criminal activities. Our study aims at offering more precision on this key issue by examining the impact that brokers may have on crime‐commission processes. To do so, we analyze two stolen‐vehicle exportation (or ringing) operations within a framework that merges crime‐script analysis and social‐network analysis. We assess how diverse degrees of brokerage are distributed across the ringing operations and how the removal of key brokers would have had a disruptive impact by reducing the scope of alternatives for crime‐script permutation and flexibility.