Informal control and illicit drug trade

Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 729-765

  Jacques, Scott ^a   Wright, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug trade; Informal control; Law; Opportunity; Qualitative; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961146242     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2011.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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