Organized crime and illicit activities in Spain: Causes and facilitating factors

Mediterranean Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-232

  Sands, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34250757543     PISSN: 13629395     EISSN: 17439418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13629390701398058     Document Type: Article

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