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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** there is a literature where folks have used social network analysis to target "group", cheifly urban street gangs that matches with what you want to do. Kennedy, Braga and Piehl provides a boston example... For my work in Los Angeles see: George Tita, J. K. Riley and Peter Greenwood. 2003. “From Boston to Boyle Heights: The Process and Prospects of a ‘Pulling Levers’ Strategy in a Los Angeles Barrio” in Gangs, Youth Violence and Community Policing. Editor Scott Decker. Wadsworth Press: Belmont, MA. George Tita, J. K. Riley, Greg Ridgeway, Clifford Grammich, Allan F. Abrahamse and Peter Greenwood. 2004. Reducing Gun Violence: Results from an Intervention in East Los Angeles. RAND Press: Santa Monica, CA. the most recent issue of "Criminology and Public Policy" has an individual level analysis of a gang in Newark, NJ... Author is Jean McGloin... g'luck! g. > ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > > Paul Ormerod, the author of butterfly economics, has > been working on the network structure of criminal groups. He > has a website in which you can find a few of his working > papers on the subject including "Scaling Behaviour in the > Number of Criminal Acts Committed by Individuals". I hope that > they would be helpful to your research. > > sincerely, > > Min > > > Quoting "Schwartz, Daniel (JUS)" <[log in to unmask]>: > >> ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** >> >> Hi All, >> >> I'm looking for persons with experience in, or knowledge about, using >> SNA to >> target critical nodes in criminal networks. For instance, given a >> particular >> criminal network, with myriad connections between actors, I'd like to >> use SNA >> to help determine which actor(s) should be targeted by law enforcement >> to >> cause the most damage to the criminal network. The basic idea here >> would be >> target actors that provide the "most bang for the buck." >> >> If anyone is aware of any papers on this topic, or if anyone has engaged >> in >> this type of research, I would love to hear from you. >> >> Thanks! Dan >> >> Daniel Schwartz, Ph.D. (Political Science, University of Toronto) >> Intelligence Analyst, Government of Ontario >> ph: 416-679-2109 >> cell: 416-676-4956 >> fax: 416-679-2102 >> email:[log in to unmask] >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social >> network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send >> an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line >> UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. >> > > > -- > > _____________________________________________________________________ > SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social > network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send > an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line > UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. > -- George Tita Assistant Professor Criminology, Law, and Society University of California, Irvine (949) 824-4927 (office) (949) 824-3001 (fax) _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.