Evolution of a drug trafficking network: Mapping changes in network structure and function across time

Global Crime

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 238-260

  Bright, David A ^a   Delaney, Jordan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

crime script analysis; criminal networks; network dynamics; network roles; network structure; organised crime; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879723108     PISSN: 17440572     EISSN: 17440580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2013.787927     Document Type: Article

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