Drug Traffickers as Social Bandits: Culture and Drug Trafficking in Northern Mexico and the Border Region

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-277

  Edberg, Mark C ^a  

^a Development Services Group Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84996153354     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986201017003005     Document Type: Article

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