RT Article
T1 Drug markets and the selective use of violence
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 52
IS 3
SP 285
OP 295
A1 Friman, Henry Richard 1956-
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1881570363
AB Drug markets and violence are often presented as inextricably linked. Yet, the use of organized violence by trafficking networks against each other and against the state is not uniform. Insights into the selective use of violence lie in disputes between crime groups over control of lucrative distribution networks and market share. Insights into the use of violence against the state lie in the efforts by criminal justice personnel to curtail the drug trade and the political goals pursued by trafficking organizations. This article discusses these arguments in the context of cocaine markets and the Americas before turning more extensively to methamphetamine in the USA and especially Japan. The latter one, understudied by scholars, offers a challenging plausibility probe for arguments addressing the selective nature of organized violence in drug markets.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 293-295
K1 Cocaine
K1 Drug Market
K1 Drug Trade
K1 Methamphetamine
K1 Organize Crime Group
DO 10.1007/s10611-009-9202-4