Editing Organized crime (section)

====Deterrence====
{{main|Deterrence (psychology)}}
This theory sees criminal behavior as reflective of an individual, internal calculation<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nagin | first1 = D. S. | last2 = Pogarsky | first2 = G. | doi = 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2001.tb00943.x | title = Integrating Celerity, Impulsivity, and Extralegal Sanction Threats into a Model of General Deterrence: Theory and Evidence* | journal = Criminology | volume = 39 | issue = 4 | pages = 865–892 | year = 2001 }}</ref> by the criminal that the benefits associated with offending (whether financial or otherwise) outweigh the perceived risks.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Tullock|title=DOES PUNISHMENT DETER CRIME?|journal=Public Interest|date=1974|volume=36|url=http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=49871|id={{NCJ|49871 }}|access-date=2011-06-07|archive-date=2019-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622185254/https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=49871|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Decker & Kohfeld|journal=Criminology|date=1985|volume=23|issue=3|doi=10.1111/j.1745-9125.1985.tb00349.x|pages=437–450|title=Crimes, Crime Rates, Arrests, and Arrest Ratios: Implications for Deterrence Theory}}</ref>  The perceived strength, importance or infallibility of the criminal organization is directly proportional to the types of crime committed, their intensity and arguably the level of community response. The benefits of participating in organized crime (higher financial rewards, greater socioeconomic control and influence, protection of the family or significant others, perceived freedoms from 'oppressive' laws or norms) contribute greatly to the psychology behind highly organized group offending.