The mobility of criminal groups

Global Crime

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-188

  Morselli, Carlo ^a   Turcotte, Mathilde ^a   Tenti, Valentina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Criminal groups; Mobility; Organised crime; Push and pull factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960367398     PISSN: 17440572     EISSN: 17440580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2011.589593     Document Type: Review

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