Crime facilitation purposes of social networking sites: A review and analysis of the 'cyberbanging' phenomenon

Small Wars and Insurgencies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 152-170

  Morselli, Carlo ^a   Décary Hétu, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cybercrime; social media; social network; street gangs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873720543     PISSN: 09592318     EISSN: 17439558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2013.740232     Document Type: Article

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