Criminal organizations exhibit hysteresis, resilience, and robustness by balancing security and efficiency.

ABSTRACT: The interplay between (criminal) organizations and (law enforcement) disruption strategies is critical in criminology and social network analysis. Like legitimate businesses, criminal enterprises thrive by fulfilling specific demands and navigating their unique challenges, including balancing operational visibility and security. This study aims at comprehending criminal networks' internal dynamics, resilience to law enforcement interventions, and robustness to changes in external conditions. Using a model based on evolutionary game theory, we analyze these networks as collaborative assemblies of roles, considering expected costs, potential benefits, and the certainty of expected outcomes. Here, we show that criminal organizations exhibit strong hysteresis effects, with increased resilience

SUBMITTER: van Elteren C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11291755 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature