Five kilos: Penalties and practice in the international cocaine trade

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 375-393

  Fleetwood, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

drug mules; drug trade; neo liberalism; sentencing guidelines

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952956685     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azr006     Document Type: Article

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