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3 - Organized Crime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2020

Gary M. Shiffman
Gary M. Shiffman
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
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An exploration of organized violence through the frameworks offered by a case study on Pablo Escobar and the drug trade in Colombia. By understanding Escobar’s life, motivations, and the operation of the drug cartel as organized violence, we see how understanding human behavior and the logic of violence through an economic lens offers more insight to a solution than a rote labeling Escobar as a criminal.

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Pablo EscobarCosa NostraMafiaEconomicsColombiaViolenceCriminal ViolenceGovernance
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The Economics of Violence
How Behavioral Science Can Transform our View of Crime, Insurgency, and Terrorism
 , pp. 43 - 80
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Organized Crime
  • Gary M. Shiffman, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: The Economics of Violence
  • Online publication: 10 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316136072.004
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  • Organized Crime
  • Gary M. Shiffman, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: The Economics of Violence
  • Online publication: 10 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316136072.004
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  • Organized Crime
  • Gary M. Shiffman, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: The Economics of Violence
  • Online publication: 10 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316136072.004
Available formats
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