The crime weapons: reflections on drug traffic in Rio de Janeiro

Authors

  • Antônio Rafael

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2001.2.82

Abstract

This article draws on ethnographic fielword carried out in some ‘favelas’ and public low-income house projects locate in Rio de Janeiro. It aims at explaining the segment organization of drug-trafficking groups. In adition to revealing the links between the drug trade and another criminal activities. Key words: Organized crime; drug trade; segmentation.

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Published

2007-05-03

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Rafael, A. (2007). The crime weapons: reflections on drug traffic in Rio de Janeiro. Civitas: Journal of Social Sciences, 1(2), 165–180. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2001.2.82

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2001): Violence

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