Comparing the ties that bind criminal networks: Is blood thicker than water

Security Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-74

  Malm, Aili ^a   Bichler, Gisela ^b   Van De Walle, Stephanie ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Criminal enterprise; Exponential random graph modeling; Kinship; Models; Network analysis; Organized crime; P

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149097881     PISSN: 09551662     EISSN: 17434645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sj.2009.18     Document Type: Article

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