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Burning bridges: why don’t organised crime groups pull back from violent conflicts?
Global Crime Pub Date : 2018-01-02 , DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2018.1423800
Valentin Pereda 1
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ABSTRACT Dominant theories of organised crime assume that criminal organisations which operate in extremely violent markets do so because they consider it financially cost-effective. This article contends that by using increasingly violent actions intended to deter competitors and government forces, criminal organisations sometimes eliminate their exit option, making the penalties for withdrawal to a less violent strategy significantly worse than those of continued violence. Based on a systematic examination of footage of public statements by 18 former associates of two Mexican organised crime groups (OCGs), La Familia Michoacana (LFM) and its offshoot Los Caballeros Templarios (LCT), this article argues that through gradual increases in their use of violence, these groups reached a ‘point of no return’. After reaching this point, desisting from further violence escalation became more hazardous than pursuing a violent path, even when the latter did not align with the organisations’ business interests.

中文翻译:

燃烧的桥梁:为什么有组织犯罪集团不从暴力冲突中撤退?

摘要有组织犯罪的主要理论认为,在极端暴力市场中运作的犯罪组织这样做是因为他们认为这样做具有成本效益。本文认为,犯罪组织通过采取旨在阻止竞争对手和政府部队的日益暴力的行动,有时会取消其退出选择,从而使撤回暴力程度较低的策略的惩罚明显比持续暴力的惩罚更糟。根据对两个墨西哥有组织犯罪集团(OCG)的18名前同事La Familia Michoacana(LFM)及其分支Los Caballeros Templarios(LCT)的公开声明的素材进行系统检查的结果,本文认为,通过逐步增加使用它们在暴力方面,这些团体达到了“无路可退的地步”。达到这一点后,
更新日期:2018-01-02
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