Crime opportunities provided by legislation in market sectors: Mobile phones, waste disposal, banking, pharmaceuticals

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 299-323

  Vander Beken, Tom ^a   Balcaen, Annelies ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Banking; Corruption; Crime proofing; Crime risk assessment; Mobile phones; Organised crime; Pharmaceutical; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947533186     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-006-9025-0     Document Type: Review

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