Criminals and signals: An assessment of criminal performance in the carding underworld

Security Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 442-460

  Décary Hétu, David ^a   Leppänen, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu   (Finland)

Author keywords

carding; criminal opportunities; criminal performance; cybercrime; signalling theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976538161     PISSN: 09551662     EISSN: 17434645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sj.2013.39     Document Type: Article

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