Country Comfort: Vice and Corruption in Rural Settings

This article provides an in-depth examination of rural organized crime. Organized crime studies traditionally have focused on urban criminality; this study discusses its rural form. Types of participants, patterns of criminality, and relationships with political and law enforcement corruption are de...

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Autores principales: Gaines, Larry (Autor) ; Potter, Gary W (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1992
En:Año: 1992
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Sumario:This article provides an in-depth examination of rural organized crime. Organized crime studies traditionally have focused on urban criminality; this study discusses its rural form. Types of participants, patterns of criminality, and relationships with political and law enforcement corruption are detailed. Although there are differences between urban and rural organized crime, it tends to exhibit some similarities regardless of setting