Soviet Emigre Organized Crime Networks in the United States, 1992-1995

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Soviet Emigre Organized Crime Networks in the United States, 1992-1995

Statement of responsibility

James O. Finckenauer, Elin Waring

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
• Finckenauer, James O
• Waring, Elin J

Subject

• Career criminals
• Emigrants
• Ethnicity
• Law enforcement agencies
• Organized crime
• Statistics
• Violence

Genre

• Statistics

Language

eng

Summary

The goal of this study was to assess the nature and scope of Soviet emigre crime in the United States, with a special focus on the question of whether and how well this crime was organized. The research project was designed to overcome the lack of reliable and valid knowledge on Soviet emigre crime networks through the systematic collection, evaluation, and analysis of information. In Part 1, the researchers conducted a national survey of 750 law enforcement specialists and prosecutors to get a general overview of Soviet emigre crime in the United States. For Parts 2-14, the researchers wanted to look particularly at the character, operations, and structure, as well as the criminal ventures and enterprises, of Soviet emigre crime networks in the New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania region. They were also interested in any international criminal connections to these networks, especially with the former Soviet Union. The investigators focused particularly on identifying whether these particular networks met the following criteria commonly used to define organized crime: (1) some degree of hierarchical structure within the network, (2) continuity of that structure over time, (3) use of corruption and violence to facilitate and protect criminal activities, (4) internal discipline within the network structure, (5) involvement in multiple criminal enterprises that are carried out with a degree of criminal sophistication, (6) involvement in legitimate businesses, and (7) bonding among participants based upon shared ethnicity. Data for Parts 2-14 were collected from a collaborative effort with the Tri-State Joint Project on Soviet Emigre Organized Crime. From 1992 through 1995 every investigative report or other document produced by the project was entered into a computer file that became the database for the network analysis. Documents included undercover observation and surveil... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02594

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• ICPSR (Series), 2594

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ICPSR

Characteristic

combination

Funding information

United States Department of Justice. NationalInstitute of Justice.

Geographic coverage

New Jersey, New York (state), Pennsylvania, United States.

Government publication

unknown if item is government publication

Series statement

ICPSR

Series volume

2594

Target audience

specialized