Kidnap : inside the ransom business /

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Author / Creator:	Shortland, Anja, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford scholarship online Oxford scholarship online.
Subject:	Ransom. Kidnapping.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13261526

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ISBN:	9780191853159 (ebook) : No price
Notes:	This edition previously issued in print: 2019. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 8, 2019).
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.
Target Audience:	Specialized.
Other form:	Print version : 9780198815471

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