Does illegality breed violence?: drug trafficking and state-sponsored protection rackets
Illegality does not necessarily breed violence. The relationship between illicit markets and violence depends on institutions of protection. When state-sponsored protection rackets form, illicit markets can be peaceful. Conversely, the breakdown of state-sponsored protection rackets, which may resul...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2009
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Crime, law and social change
Year: 2009, Volume: 52, Issue: 3, Pages: 253-273 |
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Summary: | Illegality does not necessarily breed violence. The relationship between illicit markets and violence depends on institutions of protection. When state-sponsored protection rackets form, illicit markets can be peaceful. Conversely, the breakdown of state-sponsored protection rackets, which may result from well-meaning policy reforms intended to improve law enforcement, can lead to violence. The cases of drug trafficking in contemporary Mexico and Burma show how a focus on the emergence and breakdown of state-sponsored protection rackets helps explain variation in levels of violence both within and across illicit markets. |
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Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 272-273 |
ISSN: | 1573-0751 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10611-009-9195-z |