Criminal organizations exhibit hysteresis, resilience, and robustness by balancing security and efficiency
CoRR(2024)
摘要
The interplay between criminal organizations and law enforcement disruption
strategies is crucial in criminology. Criminal enterprises, like legitimate
businesses, balance visibility and security to thrive. This study uses
evolutionary game theory to analyze criminal networks' dynamics, resilience to
interventions, and responses to external conditions. We find strong hysteresis
effects, challenging traditional deterrence-focused strategies. Optimal
thresholds for organization formation or dissolution are defined by these
effects. Stricter punishment doesn't always deter organized crime linearly.
Network structure, particularly link density and skill assortativity,
significantly influences organization formation and stability. These insights
advocate for adaptive policy-making and strategic law enforcement to
effectively disrupt criminal networks.
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