Guns and Trafficking in Crack-Cocaine and Other Drug Markets

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 319-343

  Felson, Richard B ^a   Bonkiewicz, Luke ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

crack cocaine; drug trafficking; gun possession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875315075     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128711398023     Document Type: Article

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