A soundtrack to (illegal) entrepreneurship: Pirated CD/DVD selling in a Greek provincial city

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 804-822

  Antonopoulos, Georgios A ^a   Hobbs, Dick ^b   Hornsby, Rob ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CDs DVDs; counterfeit; diasporas; organized crime; pirated

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051957046     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azr042     Document Type: Article

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