Reducing organized criminal violence through leadership removals: evidence from the drug wars on Chicago’s Westside, 2010-2019

In this study, I argue that arresting the leaders of drug-selling gangs is a precise and impactful tactic for reducing gang-related gun violence in open-air drug markets. I construct a theory of leadership arrests in drug markets by building mainly on the political science literature on leadership r...

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Main Author: Burke, Patrick J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Journal of crime and justice
Year: 2023, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 102-123
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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