Transnational organized crime between myth and reality: The social construction of a threat

Organised Crime and the Challenge to Democracy

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 50-62

  Massari, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84917494189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203426418     Document Type: Chapter

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