Abstract
Most previous research using social network analysis (SNA) to study criminal networks has focused on describing network structure and on identifying key actors in networks. Results of such research usually have implications for law enforcement interventions designed to dismantle and disrupt criminal networks after they are formed. Relatively little attention has been paid to the potential for SNA to aid in the development of crime prevention strategies against organized crimes such as drug trafficking. In this chapter, a case study of a methamphetamine manufacture and trafficking group is presented. The network is analyzed using social network analysis and crime script analysis with the aim of generating a series of crime prevention strategies. Crime prevention strategies are suggested across two broad levels: (1) the crime commission process including the activities and resources required to commit the particular crime; and (2) the criminal network that supports and carries out the activities in the crime commission process.
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