Poisonous connections: a case study on a Czech counterfeit alcohol distribution network
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F20%3A10402251" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/20:10402251 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=jqqbuCe9T9" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=jqqbuCe9T9</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17440572.2019.1645653" target="_blank" >10.1080/17440572.2019.1645653</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Poisonous connections: a case study on a Czech counterfeit alcohol distribution network
Original language description
Using data on 32 actors and ties among them drawn from available court files, we combine analytical sociology with statistical models for networks in order to analyse a case of a counterfeit alcohol distribution network from the Czech Republic. We formulate a theory of action and identify relational mechanisms which could explain how the structure of the network emerged and describe. We use the exponential random graph model to test these mechanisms. The analysis reveals that the two actors capable of manufacturing the poisonous mixture were considerably though not optimally proximate to others enabling fast distribution of the mixture. Our model results that the structure was formed by mechanisms of triadic closure, negative tendency to concentrate ties, and tie translation of pre-existing ties into operational ties. We conclude with the discussion of the implications our approach for the study of criminal networks.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Global Crime
ISSN
1744-0572
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
21
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
51-73
UT code for WoS article
000529153800004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85070973693