David Skarbek

Quotes From

The Social Order of the Underworld: How Prison Gangs Govern the American Penal System (2014)

• Mafias do not materialize and come to power at random. They form in power vacuums where people cannot rely on state enforcement of property rights.#
• It is common for organized crime to form when newly established property rights have no effective state-based mechanisms to secure them.#