Problems of definition: What is organized crime?

Trends in Organized Crime

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 63-83

  Finckenauer, James O ^a  

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EID: 84873557367     PISSN: 10844791     EISSN: 19364830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12117-005-1038-4     Document Type: Article

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