Controlling organized crime: Looking for evidence-based approaches

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 412-419

  Albanese, Jay S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime prevention; Criminal justice policy; Evaluation; Ideology; Organized crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449097668     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880903227594     Document Type: Article

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