Mafia markers: Assessing organized crime and its impact upon societies

Trends in Organized Crime

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 39-56

  van Dijk, Jan ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mafia markers; Organized crime; Rule of law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873553172     PISSN: 10844791     EISSN: 19364830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12117-007-9013-x     Document Type: Article

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