This paper presents a systematic review of organised crime data collection and analysis methods. It did this by reviewing all papers published in Trends in Organized Crime and Global Crime between 2004 and 2018 (N = 463). The review identified a number of key weaknesses. First, organised crime research is dominated by secondary data analysis of open-access documents, and documents are seldom subjected to the same principles guiding primary data collection methods. Second, data analysis lacked balance with a distinct lack of inferential statistical analysis. Third, there was a significant absence of victim or offender voices with an overreliance on data from state bodies and the media. The paper concludes that organised crime, as field of research, appears unbalanced by reliance upon a small number of methods and sources. Rebalancing the field requires more organised crime researchers to speak to offenders and victims, employ greater use of statistical analysis and tighten our methodologies.

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是否借鉴了“最先进的技术”？：2004-2018 年有组织犯罪研究数据收集和分析的回顾

本文对有组织犯罪数据的收集和分析方法进行了系统回顾。为此，它审查了 2004 年至 2018 年间发表在《有组织犯罪和全球犯罪趋势》上的所有论文（N = 463）。审查确定了一些关键的弱点。首先，有组织犯罪研究主要是对开放获取文件的二次数据分析，而文件很少遵循指导原始数据收集方法的相同原则。其次，数据分析缺乏平衡，明显缺乏推论统计分析。第三，严重缺乏受害者或罪犯的声音，过度依赖国家机构和媒体的数据。该论文的结论是，有组织犯罪作为研究领域，由于依赖少数方法和来源而显得不平衡。