Construction and contestation of criminal identities: The case of the "cocaleros" in the Colombian Western Amazon

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-82

  Ramírez, María Clemencia ^a,b  

^a Colombian Inst of Anthropol/Hist ^*  (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

COLOMBIA; CONTROL SYSTEM; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG TRAFFIC; IDENTITY; MIGRATION; POLITICS; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL;

EID: 16344391582     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260503500103     Document Type: Review

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