Offender Profiling Series: Vol 3
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The Social Psychology of Crime: Groups, Teams and Networks

Gerald Mars
Culture and Crime

This paper introduces four suggested archetypal categories of criminal organisation, each with its own different and distinct cultural characteristics. It then assesses the interactions between these and the strengths and vulnerabilities of each. It concludes with a brief assessment of the organisation and varying cultural characteristics within law enforcement agencies and considers in their turn, their interaction strengths and vulnerabilities when dealing with different kinds of criminal organisation.

Gerald Mars is an applied anthropologist. His first degree was in Economics and Social Anthropology from Cambridge and his PhD is from the London School of Economics. He is currently a part-time Professor at Bradford University's Management Centre, and has been Visiting Professor at Cranfield and at The University of Hong Kong. He has published five books, with four more in press, and over forty papers. He is joint general editor of the International Library of Criminology, Penology and Criminal Justice.

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