Article
Security Journal (2008) 21, 77–94. doi:10.1057/palgrave.sj.8350069
Social Network and Distance Correlates of Criminal Associates Involved in Illicit Drug Production
Aili E Malma, J Bryan Kinneyb and Nahanni R Pollardb
- aDepartment of Criminal Justice, California State University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA90840, U.S.A.
- bSchool of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6
Correspondence: Aili E Malm, E-mail: amalm@csulb.edu
Abstract
This research examines the relationship between demographic, social network, and criminal history variables, and the distance between the home and locations of individuals (associates) involved in an illicit drug production network. The authors integrate principals from environmental criminology and routine activities theories, journey to crime research, and social network analysis in order to explore the geographic and social space of criminal associates. The results show that the distance between individuals in the drug production criminal network and their associates vary systematically with network characteristics (centrality measures) but not with demographics or criminal history variables.
Keywords:
journey to crime, criminal associates, spatial analysis, social network analysis, environmental criminology, drug production
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