RT Article
T1 Triad organized crime in Macau casinos: extra-legal governance and entrepreneurship
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 57
IS 3
SP 589
OP 607
A1 Lo, Tit Wing 1954-
A2 Kwok, Sharon Ingrid
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/156517478X
AB The Chinese criminal underworld is evolving along two paths: structural and territorial-based triads and criminal groups formed by entrepreneurs. The present study used triad involvement in casino VIP rooms to examine how these two paths cross after China resumed sovereignty of Macau in 1999. It was found that although the current operations of the junket business is determined by the external business environment in mainland China, triads continue to treat the VIP rooms as economic territories. New forms of betting and crime have emerged to meet the needs of high-end gamblers, thus resulting in the formation of a triad-enterprise hybrid that comprises territoriality and reputation of violence commonly found in extra-legal governance and the dynamic entrepreneurship of small firms.
K1 Triad society
K1 Organized crime
K1 Gaming industries
K1 Extra-legal governance
K1 Enterprise
K1 Macau
K1 Triaden
K1 Organisierte Kriminalität
K1 Glücksspiel
DO 10.1093/bjc/azw014