RT Article
T1 Does illegality breed violence?: drug trafficking and state-sponsored protection rackets
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 52
IS 3
SP 253
OP 273
A1 Snyder, Richard 1967-
A2 Durán-Martínez, Angélica 1979-
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1881564398
AB 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.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 272-273
K1 Criminal Organization
K1 Drug Trafficking
K1 Homicide Rate
K1 Military Government
K1 Trafficking Organization
DO 10.1007/s10611-009-9195-z