Organized Crime Models
Organized Crime Models
James Ayers
CJA/384 Criminal Procedure
December 22, 2014
Mr. Marco Faggione
Organized crime can be broken down into two basic models. One being the bureaucratic model, and the other being the patron-client model. These two models have some things in common with each other, and they also have a few differences. The big similarities is that the bureaucratic model uses a strict set of rules to run their organization by. The patron-client model does not have such a strict set of rules, but instead they have a set of values of traditions. This in turn gives them a similarity because it builds a network where there is a sort of rank structure. Another similarity of these two is that both use criminal acts, and people with skills to be good at criminal acts to obtain money and power.
These two models also have some differences. The biggest difference was the structure of the two organizations. The bureaucratic used a hierarchy structure which gave a military like chain of command. The patron-client model set their organization up to be more decentralized. This gave each crew the ability to work independently and pretty much govern themselves until some with a specialty skill was needed. At that point the main leaders would contact the crews to have that individual do the job needed for the whole organization. Another difference of these two came in the results. Even though both of these organizations were successful the bureaucratic was more efficient when it came to getting results from a crime. While on the other hand the patron-client model was way more efficient at avoiding detection from the police while running a criminal organization.
These two models have both similarities and differences, but both proved to be a successful way to run an organized crime organization for many years. Showing that building a group of people together with the common goals
James Ayers
CJA/384 Criminal Procedure
December 22, 2014
Mr. Marco Faggione
Organized crime can be broken down into two basic models. One being the bureaucratic model, and the other being the patron-client model. These two models have some things in common with each other, and they also have a few differences. The big similarities is that the bureaucratic model uses a strict set of rules to run their organization by. The patron-client model does not have such a strict set of rules, but instead they have a set of values of traditions. This in turn gives them a similarity because it builds a network where there is a sort of rank structure. Another similarity of these two is that both use criminal acts, and people with skills to be good at criminal acts to obtain money and power.
These two models also have some differences. The biggest difference was the structure of the two organizations. The bureaucratic used a hierarchy structure which gave a military like chain of command. The patron-client model set their organization up to be more decentralized. This gave each crew the ability to work independently and pretty much govern themselves until some with a specialty skill was needed. At that point the main leaders would contact the crews to have that individual do the job needed for the whole organization. Another difference of these two came in the results. Even though both of these organizations were successful the bureaucratic was more efficient when it came to getting results from a crime. While on the other hand the patron-client model was way more efficient at avoiding detection from the police while running a criminal organization.
These two models have both similarities and differences, but both proved to be a successful way to run an organized crime organization for many years. Showing that building a group of people together with the common goals