Countering Protection Rackets Using Legal and Social Approaches: An Agent-Based Test

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Legal norms</td><td class="align_center">Social norms</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Criminalise mafia-style organisations</td><td class="align_center">Pay pizzo request</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Confiscate mafiosi resources</td><td class="align_center">Do not pay pizzo request</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Reimburse victims of mafia crimes</td><td class="align_center">Report pizzo request</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Do not report pizzo request</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Avoid pizzo-paying entrepreneurs</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Social and legal norms in the Palermo Scenario.</div>

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