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Section1. Theory

Two Racketeering Patterns: “I Love You, So Gimme!” and “Darling, You Owe Me!”

Pages 130-132
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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Racketeering consists of exploitative dyadic transactions that are initiated by a player for strokes to his or her racket or for other gains. It may go on subtly for a long time because it operates alongside other transactions in a relationship without necessarily leading to a sudden switch of ego states, as is the case with games. Therefore, racketeering requires its own distinct nomenclature, both to facilitate the identification of the process when it occurs and to distinguish it from games. Two different but potentially complementary patterns of racketeering are named and described.

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Fanita English

Fanita English, M.S.W., ACSW, is a Certified Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (clinical and organizational) who founded a transactional analysis institute in Philadelphia and has taught in Europe for many years. She is the recipient of the 1978 Eric Berne Memorial Scientific Award and the 1998 Eric Berne Memorial Award. She now lives at 2 Townsend St., Apt. 813/N, San Francisco, CA 94107, U.S.A.; email: