Managing la mordida: gringo tourism, police shakedowns, and the nature of traffic ticket bribery in Quintana Roo, Mexico

This study examines collective knowledge about the practice of "la mordida," or police shakedowns, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. The dual practices of police seeking payments and foreign tourists paying local police to resolve traffic stops is explored using data collected from web...

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Main Author: Miller, Kirk (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Deviant behavior
Year: 2023, Volume: 44, Issue: 8, Pages: 1219-1236
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