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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814958003321

Autore

Decker Scott H

Titolo

Drug smugglers on drug smuggling : lessons from the inside / / Scott H. Decker and Margaret Townsend Chapman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-38309-0

9786611383091

1-59213-644-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChapmanMargaret Townsend <1972->

Disciplina

363.45

Soggetti

Drug traffic

Drug dealers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Motivation for the study -- Organization of the study -- Drug smuggling organizations -- Movement of drugs -- Roles, recruitment into, and remaining involved in the drug smuggling trade -- Balancing risk and reward -- Making sense of drug smuggling : conclusions and summary.

Sommario/riassunto

Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling examines the organizational structures of drug smuggling from Colombia to the US.  Career drug smugglers describe a series of often disconnected networks that enable smugglers to best organize their business in a way that will minimize the risks of apprhension and maximize profits.