Strategies to control Mexican drug-trafficking violence

Journal of Drug Policy Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kleiman, Mark A R ^a   Davenport, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cocaine; Corruption; Counter narcotics; Drug policy; Drug trafficking organizations; Enforcement; Foreign policy; Heroin; Marijuana; Methamphetamine; Mexico; Violence reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873208461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1941-2851.1047     Document Type: Article

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