Interviewing serious offenders: Ms. Egghead meets Mr. Gumshoe

Trends in Organized Crime

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-58

  Arsovska, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Albanian organised crime; European crime group; Law enforcement; Mafia; Multiple triangulation; Organised crime group; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855512508     PISSN: 10844791     EISSN: 19364830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12117-007-9027-4     Document Type: Article

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