Editing Organized crime (section)

====Patron–client networks====
Patron–client networks are defined by fluid interactions. They produce crime groups that operate as smaller units within the overall network, and as such tend towards valuing significant others, familiarity of social and economic environments, or tradition. These networks are usually composed of:

* Hierarchies based on 'naturally' forming family, social and cultural traditions;
* 'Tight-knit' focus of activity/[[Employment|labor]];
* Fraternal or nepotistic value systems;
* Personalized activity; including family rivalries, territorial disputes, recruitment and training of family members, etc.;
* Entrenched belief systems, reliance of tradition (including religion, family values, cultural expectations, class politics, gender roles, etc.); and,
* Communication and rule enforcement mechanisms dependent on organizational structure, social etiquette, history of criminal involvement, and collective decision-making.<ref name="Albini 1995"/><ref name="Albini 1988"/><ref name="Albini 1971"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Abadinsky|title=Organized Crime|date=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sJ8gAAAACAAJ&q=abadinsky}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Lyman & Potter|title=Organized Crime|date=2010|publisher=Pearson Prentice Hall |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5wCkRAAACAAJ&q=lyman+potter+organised+crime|isbn=9780132457774}}</ref>