The strength of weak ties in crime

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Juvenile Delinquency and Conformism (2012, unknown): “It has also been shown that crime committed by younger people have higher degrees of social interactions (Glaeser et al., 1996; Jacob and Lefgren, 2003; Patacchini and Zenou, 2008).1 There is indeed a growing literature in economics suggesting that peer effects are very strong in criminal decisions.”
Social Activity and Network Formation (2015, background): “For further theoretical work directly tailored to delinquent networks, see Ballester et al. (2010), Calvó-Armengol and Zenou (2004), Patacchini and Zenou (2008).”
An Overview of Social Networks and Economic Applications (2011, background): “It includes a range of things from criminal behavior (Reiss (1980), Glaeser, Sacerdote and Scheinkman (1996), Kling, Ludwig and Katz (2005), Patacchini and Zenou (2008)), to education (e.g., Calvo-Armengol, Patacchini and Zenou (2008)), to risk-sharing and loan behavior (Fafchamps and Lund (2003),…”
The Economic Consequences of Social Network Structure (2017, background): “More generally the idea is that, for some 14Weak ties have also been shown to be important in criminal behaviors (Patacchini and Zenou (2008)) and migration decisions (Giulietti, Wahba and Zenou (2014)).”