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1 results foundAuthor: Daly, Sarah Zukerman Title: Wartime Networks and the Social Logic of Crime Summary: Failure of ex-combatants to reintegrate into legal, civilian life is a source of disorder around the world. Leading explanations for such failure focus on individualistic decisions based on economic or psychological factors. Yet, ex-combatants are embedded in networks that persist following demobilization. We contrast an individual to a social logic of ex-combatant criminality, combining administrative data from Colombia with original survey data that accounts for the challenges of studying sensitive subjects. The results show that conflict networks predominate in explaining criminality while individual factors do not. Further analysis suggests that commanders enter into crime first, recruiting rank-and-file from their networks. As criminal behavior pervades a network, peer relations drive individual crime while peer and commander relations drive gang-related crime through norms, status-seeking, and social pressure. These results provide some of the first evidence of how wartime networks evolve following demobilization, with important implications for understanding reintegration and social stability. Details: Unpublished paper, 2016. 49p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 15, 2017 at: http://sarahzukermandaly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/colombia_main_submit.pdf Year: 2016 Country: International URL: http://sarahzukermandaly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/colombia_main_submit.pdf Shelf Number: 145319 Keywords: Criminal NetworksEx-MilitaryGangsMilitaryWars and Crime |