The transparency paradox. Building trust, resolving disputes and optimising logistics on conventional and online drugs markets

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-68

  Tzanetakis, Meropi ^a   Kamphausen, Gerrit ^b   Werse, Bernd ^b   von Laufenberg, Roger ^a  

^a Vienna Centre for Societal Security   (Austria)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conventional dealing; Cryptomarkets; Drug distribution; Logistics; Trust; Violence

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CRYPTOMARKET; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MARKETING; GERMAN (CITIZEN); MARKET; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRUST; VIOLENCE; ADULT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFLICT; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG USE; ECONOMICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOFTWARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; COMMERCE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; DRUG TRAFFICKING; DRUG USERS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SOFTWARE; STREET DRUGS; TRUST; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84955287492     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.12.010     Document Type: Article

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