Does illegality breed violence? Drug trafficking and state-sponsored protection rackets

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-273

  Snyder, Richard ^a   Duran Martinez, Angelica ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 71449104446     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-009-9195-z     Document Type: Article

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