ISBN:
9780833058270
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0833058304
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0833058274
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9780833058300
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 85 pages)
Series Statement:
Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1125-OSD
Parallel Title:
Print version Paul, Christopher, 1971- Challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations
Keywords:
Internal security
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Violent crimes Prevention
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Violence
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Drug traffic
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Drug control
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Internal security
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Violent crimes
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Violence
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Drug traffic
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Drug control
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International)
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Drug control
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Drug traffic
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Internal security
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Violence
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Violent crimes ; Prevention
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Social Welfare & Social Work
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Social Sciences
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Substance Abuse
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Mexico
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Violent drug-trafficking organizations (VDTOs) in Mexico produce, transport, and deliver into the United States tens of billions of dollars worth of narcotics annually, but their activities are not limited to drug trafficking. VDTOs have also engaged in human trafficking, weapon trafficking, kidnapping, money laundering, extortion, bribery, racketeering, and assassinations. In an effort to clarify the scope and details of the challenges posed by VDTOs, a RAND team conducted a Delphi expert elicitation exercise, the results of which offer an assessment of the contemporary security situation in Mexico through the lens of existing RAND research on related issues. The exercise centered around three strands of prior RAND research on urban instability and unrest, historical insurgencies, and defense-sector reform. Although this prior research was not designed specifically for the study of Mexico, all three areas offer applicable insights. Assessment scorecards from these projects were used to obtain input from the expert panel and to guide the resulting discussion. The goal was not to break significant new ground in understanding the dynamics of drug violence in Mexico or to offer a qualitative assessment of these dynamics, but rather to provide an empirically based platform for identifying key areas that merit further investigation
Abstract:
Violent drug-trafficking organizations (VDTOs) in Mexico produce, transport, and deliver into the United States tens of billions of dollars worth of narcotics annually, but their activities are not limited to drug trafficking. VDTOs have also engaged in human trafficking, weapon trafficking, kidnapping, money laundering, extortion, bribery, racketeering, and assassinations. In an effort to clarify the scope and details of the challenges posed by VDTOs, a RAND team conducted a Delphi expert elicitation exercise, the results of which offer an assessment of the contemporary security situation in Mexico through the lens of existing RAND research on related issues. The exercise centered around three strands of prior RAND research on urban instability and unrest, historical insurgencies, and defense-sector reform. Although this prior research was not designed specifically for the study of Mexico, all three areas offer applicable insights. Assessment scorecards from these projects were used to obtain input from the expert panel and to guide the resulting discussion. The goal was not to break significant new ground in understanding the dynamics of drug violence in Mexico or to offer a qualitative assessment of these dynamics, but rather to provide an empirically based platform for identifying key areas that merit further investigation
Note:
"This research was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface
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"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-85)
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