Mixing politics and crime – The prevalence and decline of political discourse on the cryptomarket

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages 77-83

  Munksgaard, Rasmus ^a   Demant, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anarchism; Cryptomarkets; Digital methods; Discourse analysis; Harm reduction; Libertarianism; Political theory; Topic models

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRIME; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG USE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FREEDOM; INTERNET; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

COMMERCE; CRIME; DRUG TRAFFICKING; FREEDOM; HUMANS; INTERNET; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84979595891     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.04.021     Document Type: Article

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