Assessing vulnerable and strategic positions in a criminal network

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 382-392

  Morselli, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

centrality; criminal network; drug trafficking; law enforcement; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957280134     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986210377105     Document Type: Article

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