TY - JOUR TI - Studies in Social Roots of the Police Informal Economic Activity T2 - Economic Sociology IS - Economic Sociology KW - social embeddedness KW - reasons for involvement of policemen into informal economy KW - police culture KW - code of silence KW - police KW - informal economy KW - corruption AB - The article describes the academic literature on social roots of police involvement into informal economy. The major issue for investigation is: why do policemen move from law enforcement officers into market actors? Does it result from group norm socialization or their individual characteristics? Three concepts involving individual, group and system factors are introduced. Attempts to adapt approaches applied in sociology of deviant behavior (social criminology) to economic sociological tasks are undertaken. In conclusion, potential trajectories for the future research of these issues are indicated. полиция AU - Anastasiya Dubova UR - https://ecsoc.hse.ru/en/2011-12-5/42287519.html PY - 2011 SP - 91-105 VL - 12