Models Of Organized Crime

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A patron-client organization is when the members of the criminal group exchange information and have a connection and or close ties with government or political leaders and officials with the purpose of helping to benefit the group politically and economically. In a patron- client type of organization there usually a hierarchy system with one big boss or leader, the assistant to the main leader or boss, and down the chain of command all the way to the members. The orders in an organization like the patron-client type are passed down from the top to the bottom through the chain of command. It is very tight lipped and secretive at the top of the organization but much more relaxed and free at the bottom with the regular members. This makes it harder for the law enforcement to detect and track or figure out the organization. (Organized Crime, 2007). In a Bureaucratic organization they are formal, and do have protocols, procedures, regulations and rules to stop lower members from making decisions without the go ahead or approval like the patron-client groups are able to. In the patron-client organizations the lower members are able to act out and do business and acts without an approval from higher up leaders as long as it is beneficial and helps the organization. In a bureaucratic organization the finger and blame gets put on the financial burdens and leaders as to in a patron-client organization all of the members are responsible and held accountable for either failure or success (WeeKoh, 2009). I see after the readings and studies that a patron-client or bureaucratic organization both have one main goal in mind whether a legal organization or illegal and that is to be successful and gain profit and or power. Both groups have many similarities the main difference is the leniency of what the members on the bottom can do without pre approval and how and who
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