Bargaining with criminals: The morality of witness collaboration in Mexico's “war on drugs”
Public authorities take considerable and oftentimes controversial steps in their efforts to dismantle criminal organizations involved in drug trafficking and related crimes in Mexico. Among other things, they recruit offenders who abandon their criminal organization and strike a deal with law enforc...
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2023
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Theoretical criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-22 |
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