Kidnap : inside the ransom business / Anja Shortland.
2019
HV6595
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Title
Kidnap : inside the ransom business / Anja Shortland.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191853159 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
HV6595
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.154
Summary
Ransom is a lucrative but very tricky business. Based on in-depth interviews with experts, this text provides an economic analysis of how the trade in hostages works, and uncovers an intricate and powerful private governance system ordering transactions between the legal and the criminal economies.
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Ransom is a lucrative but very tricky business. Based on in-depth interviews with experts, this text provides an economic analysis of how the trade in hostages works, and uncovers an intricate and powerful private governance system ordering transactions between the legal and the criminal economies.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 8, 2019).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9780198815471
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