Intimate crimes : kidnapping, gangs and trust in Mexico City by Rolando Ochoa
R. V. Gundur
This is a review of the 2020 IASOC Prize Winner Intimate Crimes: Kidnapping, Gangs and Trust in Mexico City by Rolando Ochoa. Ochoa provides a masterful account of how private citizens understand risk, as kidnapping continues to be a significant problem in Mexico, and manage their private security in an attempt to reduce that risk.
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2023
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Authors: | Gundur, Rajeev Vishwanath |
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Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED. - London : LSE Press, ISSN 2516-7227, ZDB-ID 3008388-6. - Vol. 5.2023, 1, p. 19-21
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Subject: | kidnapping | organized crime | protection rackets | private security | Mexico | Mexiko | Kriminalität | Crime | Organisierte Kriminalität | Organized crime | Sicherheitsgewerbe | Private security industry | Kriminalitätsökonomik | Economics of crime | Vertrauen | Confidence | Israel | Kriminalpolitik | Criminal policy |
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