Criminal governance in a large European city: the case of gangs in London

This study explores criminal governance among urban gangs operating in a large European city. It does so by introducing the Crim-Gov questionnaire, a novel survey tool purposely designed to systematically capture key governance-related dimensions of criminal groups’ activities, and applying it to th...

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VerfasserInnen: Campana, Paolo (VerfasserIn) ; Varese, Federico 1965- (VerfasserIn) ; Meneghini, Cecilia (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2025
In: European journal of criminology
Jahr: 2025, Band: 00, Seiten: 1-24
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