{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "This project was undertaken to investigate organized \r\n criminal groups and the types of business activities in which they \r\n engage. The focus (unit of analysis) was on the organized groups rather \r\n than their individual members. The project assessed the needs of these \r\n groups in pursuing their goals and considered the operations used to \r\n implement or carry out their activities. The data collected address \r\n some of the following issues: (1) Are business operations (including \r\n daily operations, acquiring ownership, and structuring the \r\n organization) of organized criminal groups conducted in a manner \r\n paralleling legitimate business ventures? (2) Should investigating and \r\n prosecuting white-collar crime be a central way of proceeding against \r\n organized criminal groups? (3) What are the characteristics of the \r\n illegal activities of organized criminal groups? (4) In what ways are \r\n legal activities used by organized criminal groups to pursue income \r\n from illegal activities? (5) What is the purpose of involvement in \r\n legal activities for organized criminal groups? (6) What services are \r\n used by organized criminal groups to implement their activities? \r\n Variables include information on the offense actually charged against \r\n the criminal organization in the indictments or complaints, other \r\n illegal activities participated in by the organization, and the \r\n judgments against the organization requested by law enforcement \r\n agencies. These judgments fall into several categories: monetary relief \r\n (such as payment of costs of investigation and recovery of stolen or \r\n misappropriated funds), equitable relief (such as placing the business \r\n in receivership or establishment of a victim fund), restraints on \r\n actions (such as prohibiting participation in labor union activities or \r\n further criminal involvement), and forfeitures (such as forfeiting \r\n assets in pension funds or bank accounts). Other variables include the \r\n organization's participation in business-type activities--both illegal \r\n and legal, the organization's purpose for providing legal goods and \r\n services, the objectives of the organization, the market for the \r\n illegal goods and services provided by the organization, the \r\n organization's assets, the business services it requires, how it \r\n financially provides for its members, the methods it uses to acquire \r\nownership, indicators of its ownership, and the nature of its victims.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09476.v1", "title": "Organized Crime Business Activities and Their Implications for Law Enforcement, 1986-1987"}], "identifier": "3597", "issued": "1991-05-03T00:00:00", "keyword": ["career criminals", "law enforcement agencies", "organized crime", "white collar crime"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "1992-02-17T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Organized Crime Business Activities and Their Implications for Law Enforcement, 1986-1987"}