Network perspective on organized violence

• In Event: Violent Extremism and Organized Crime in Sweden 2

Abstract

Network analysis has for some time now been used to understand criminal activities and criminal collaboration. A typical situation arises when the network reflects the co-suspicion of individuals in the same criminal case, so-called co-offending networks. However, studies of co-offending patterns are limited to specific cases or specific milieus. This limitation, in turn, hinders the possibility to improve our understanding of the system-wide structure of criminal collaboration, and the interactions within and between different milieus. In this study, we use a compilation of governmental records on organized crime and violent extremism, coming from various Swedish governmental agencies. After presenting the data source, we proceed to define the possible network representations in terms of one-mode and two-mode co-offending networks. Secondly,

Author

• Hernan Mondani, Stockholm University / Swedish Institute for Futures Studies