Models of Organized Crime Executive Summary

Models of Organized Crime Executive Summary

Sherita D. Gooden, Latonia Demus, Keyone Dismukes, Jovette Johnson, & Penny Freelon

CJA 384: Criminal Organizations

May 6, 2015

Crystal Jones

Models of Organized Crime Executive Summary

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 PENNY Bureaucratic

 Shay Par ton client

 SHERITA similarities on Main Model of Crime

Bureaucratic is a formal organization that is consist of  regulations, rules, protocols, and sets of procedures that’s lower ranked members make decision with the administrative approval. This is known as the red tape rule (any decision making has to get approval from a higher hierarchy). “In organized crime it can be looked at as a benefit that imposing the organizational structure into an illegal enterprise and also by putting distance through human bodies and the bureaucratic position and the lower ranks” (Models of Organized Crime Executive Summary 2011) .

However, in the patron-client organization the lower ranking members are allowed to make decisions and take matter into their own hands. For example, these members are able to conduct business, obtain contacts for outside sources, and utilize third party entities without approval as long as it a benefit to their organization.  In comparison, both organization enforces those rules and protocols and uses the services of specialist to:  perform criminal acts, increase profits and powers within their organizations. “The Bureaucratic model is efficient at getting results from a job and the Patron-client model is efficient at avoiding police detection” (Models of Organized Crime Executive Summary 2011).

Differences Between the Two Main Models

Although there might be multiple minor differences between the two main models of organized crime, there is one major difference.  The major difference between the two is that Bureaucratic Organizations focus on maintaining rules, protocols, regulations, and procedures that establish rank structures within the organizations.  By do so, the lower level ranks are not allowed to make decisions within the organizations without getting an approval first from their hierarchy.  This is partly the reason why those who use the Bureaucratic Organizations blame their financial and failure problems on their administration delays.  Whereas, the Patron-Client Organization the lower level ranks are able to make decision, like conducting business with outside networks, and obtain resources from outside contacts, without the approval of a higher authority as long as the decision is beneficial to the organization.  By using this method to conduct operations those who use Patron-Client Organization held each other accountable for the failure or success of the organizations.