There two different organization types within organized crime namely patron-client organizations and bureaucratic-client organizations. This essay provides comparison between patron-client and bureaucratic-client organizations, and also addresses some differences and similarities between the main organized crime models. In addition, discusses why such models are important for understanding organized crime.
Discussion
A patron-client organization refers to a criminal patron's group who share information through established connections network with government officials and political leaders, and have access to operatives network to benefit the groups clients economically and politically. ...