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Narcommunication: The Messaging, Marketing, And Murder Of Organized Crime, Philip L. Johnson
Narcommunication: The Messaging, Marketing, And Murder Of Organized Crime, Philip L. Johnson
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Criminal actors are widely assumed to maintain a low profile, exerting power through corruption, coercion, and clandestine networks. Scholarship that addresses public action on the part of criminal actors focuses almost exclusively on acts of violence. However, an ample empirical record demonstrates that criminal actors also communicate publicly to broad audiences. To better understand this practice, this project focuses on the phenomenon of narco-messaging in Mexico. The project asks: what do criminal actors say when they speak publicly, and why do they say it?
The core data for this project comes from an original collection of 6,178 narco-messages that appeared …
Organized Crime Violence In Mexico, John E. Oliphant
Organized Crime Violence In Mexico, John E. Oliphant
CMC Senior Theses
The following thesis outlines the current social and political situation surrounding organized crime violence in Mexico. Using Samuel P. Huntington’s Political Order in Changing Societies and regression analysis, the purpose is to highlight the lack of subnational data within Mexico. Political science and economic theories guide the reader to better understanding what types of policy change or reform may need to occur in Mexico’s future years.