The efficiency/security trade-off in criminal networks

Social Networks

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-153

  Morselli, Carlo ^a   Giguère, Cynthia ^a   Petit, Katia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Criminal network; Drug trafficking; Efficiency; Security; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846275533     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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