Editing Organized crime (section)

====Bureaucratic/corporate operations====
Bureaucratic/corporate organized crime groups are defined by the general rigidity of their internal structures. They focus more on how the operation works, succeeds, sustains itself or avoids retribution, they are generally typified by:

* A complex authority structure;
* An extensive division of labor between classes within the organization;
* Meritocratic (as opposed to cultural or social attributes);
* Responsibilities carried out in an impersonal manner;
* Extensive written rules/regulations (as opposed to cultural praxis dictating action); and,
* 'Top-down' communication and rule enforcement mechanisms.

However, this model of operation has some flaws:

* The 'top-down' communication strategy is susceptible to interception, more so further down the hierarchy being communicated to;
* Maintaining written records jeopardizes the security of the organization and relies on increased security measures;
* Infiltration at lower levels in the hierarchy can jeopardize the entire organization (a '[[house of cards]]' effect); and,
* Death, injury, incarceration or internal power struggles dramatically heighten the insecurity of operations.

While bureaucratic operations emphasize business processes and strongly authoritarian hierarchies, these are based on enforcing power relationships rather than an overlying aim of protectionism, sustainability or growth.<ref>{{cite book |last=Abadinsky|title=Organized Crime|date=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Schloenhardt | first1 = Andreas |title=Organized crime and the business of migrant trafficking|journal=Crime, Law and Social Change|date=1999|volume=32|issue=3|doi=10.1023/A:1008340427104|pages=203–233 |s2cid=151997349| issn = 0925-4994 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Passas | first1 = Nikos |title=Anomie and corporate deviance |journal=Crime, Law and Social Change |date=1990 |volume=14 |issue=2 |doi=10.1007/BF00728269 |pages=157–178 |s2cid=144676017  | issn = 0378-1100 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Hagan | first1 = Frank E. |title=The Organized Crime Continuum: A Further Specification of a New Conceptual Model |journal=Criminal Justice Review |date=1983 |volume=8 |issue=52 |pages=52–57 |url= http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/crmrev8&div=24&id=&page= |doi=10.1177/073401688300800209 |s2cid=144389146 | issn = 0734-0168 }}</ref>