Organized crime in three regions: Comparing the Veneto, Liverpool, and Chicago

Trends in Organized Crime

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 265-285

  Lavorgna, Anita ^a   Lombardo, Robert ^b   Sergi, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Ndrangheta; Camorra; Chicago; Chicago outfit; Crime firms; Liverpool; Mafia; Organized crime; The Veneto

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882951759     PISSN: 10844791     EISSN: 19364830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12117-013-9189-1     Document Type: Article

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