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标题：Organizational Turning Points: The Transformation of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation in New York City
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作者：Luca Berardi ; Sandra Bucerius
期刊名称：Canadian Journal of Sociology
印刷版ISSN：1710-1123
出版年度：2020
卷号：45
期号：2
页码：143-168
DOI：10.29173/cjs29643
语种：English
出版社：Department of Sociology, University of Alberta
摘要：Sociologists and criminologists have relied on the concept of “turning points” to map individual criminal careers over the life course. Similar to individuals, criminal organizations undergo drastic changes that influence their trajectory over time and space. Using the case of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) in New York City, we introduce the concept of “organizational turning points” to explain the group’s evolution through various legitimate and illegitimate forms. Bringing together conceptual lenses from literature on organizational change, culture and cognition, and criminology, we demonstrate that street gangs can be complex and fluid organisms that change over time and space. Identifying and recognizing organizational turning points in criminal groups can have important implications for scholars and practitioners alike.
关键词：Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation;Gangs;Organizational Turning Points