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| Title: | Organised Crime: A Chaotic Notion |
| Authors: | Beesley, Julie Sydney Institute of Criminology |
| Keywords: | critical criminology ANZCCC2010 organised crime chaos theory |
| Issue Date: | 17-May-2011 |
| Publisher: | Sydney Institute of Criminology |
| Series/Report no.: | ANZCCC2010 |
| Abstract: | Borrowed theories and principles from the physical sciences have enabled social scientists and criminologists to analyse well-worn theories and data from a new perspective. One such theory is chaos theory, a subset of the family of complexity theory, and an emerging perspective in postmodern criminology. Chaos theory is the science of non-linear and dynamic systems that appear random due to their complex behaviour, but in essence are deterministic and sensitive to initial conditions (popularly referred to as the butterfly effect). Chaos theory is best applied to systems that operate at local and global level, and that display signs of both order and disorder. Organised crime may be described as such a system. This paper explores the notion and attempts to analyse organised crime from a new perspective. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7363 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-74210-224-5 |
| Department/Unit/Centre: | Sydney Institute of Criminology |
| Appears in Collections: | The Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference Proceedings 2010 |
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