The extent to which demographic characteristics determine international drug couriers' profiles: A cross-sectional study in Istanbul

Trends in Organized Crime

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-312

  Unlu, Ali ^a   Ekici, Behsat ^b  

^a Istanbul Police Department   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Couriers; Demographics; International drug trafficking; Istanbul Turkey; Transnational crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873873384     PISSN: 10844791     EISSN: 19364830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12117-012-9152-6     Document Type: Article

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