Crime, organised crime and corruption in post-communist Europe and the CIS

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-287

  Holmes, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CEE; CIS; Corruption; Crime; Organised crime; Post communism

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649092524     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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