The Organization and Operation of Illicit Retail Methamphetamine Markets

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-89

  Brownstein, Henry H ^a   Mulcahy, Timothy M ^a   Fernandes Huessy, Johannes ^a   Taylor, Bruce G ^a   Woods, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Police Executive Research Forum   (United States)

Author keywords

illicit drug markets; market dynamics; methamphetamine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858630039     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403410383010     Document Type: Article

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