Types of organised crime in Italy. The multifaceted spectrum of Italian criminal associations and their different attitudes in the financial crisis and in the use of Internet technologies

International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-32

  Lavorgna, Anita ^a   Sergi, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criminal association; Criminal network; Financial crisis; Internet; Mafia; Mafia migration; Organised crime; Social opportunity structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894226723     PISSN: 17560616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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