Risk assessment in organized crime: Developing a market and product-based model to determine threat levels

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-273

  Albanese, Jay S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal markets; Illicit markets; Organized crime; Prediction; Risk assessment; Threat assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249109518     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986208318225     Document Type: Article

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