This paper is a plea for an institutionalist approach to crime. The argument is based on the Italian Mafia’s infiltration of legitimate businesses. The focus is on the power dimension of this infiltration. I begin by emphasising how the traditional branch of crime economics is unable to correctly address this issue. I then use the tools provided by Commons, especially his definition of property and the capacity to withhold and his distinction between will-in-vacuo and will-in-action. Access to property rights over productive entities for Mafiosi provides a perfect illustration of how the capacity to hold rights turns into a power to withhold them from others. Legal Mafia-owned enterprises should not be seen as a step toward normalisation of the Mafia, but rather as a mark of the extension of their criminal power.

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共同应对犯罪的方法：黑手党和隐瞒经济权力

这篇论文呼吁对犯罪采取制度主义的方法。该论点是基于意大利黑手党对合法企业的渗透。重点是这种渗透的权力维度。我首先强调犯罪经济学的传统分支如何无法正确解决这个问题。然后，我使用 Commons 提供的工具，特别是他对财产和扣留能力的定义，以及他对空缺意志和行动意志的区别。黑手党获得对生产实体的财产权提供了一个完美的例证，说明持有权利的能力如何变成一种不让他人知道的权力。合法的黑手党拥有的企业不应被视为黑手党走向正常化的一步，而应被视为其犯罪权力延伸的标志。