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Preferred term
organized crime
Definition
- Organized crime constitutes in and of itself a social problem, but, in reality, it becomes an influential factor in producing many other types of social problems. Attempts at finding a definition of organized crime acceptable to all the disciplines that deal with its subject matter have met with frustration; hence, here its major characteristics are distinguished by the word organized, which means that it is committed by two or more or a group or groups of individuals working together. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Organized Crime]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/organized_crime
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