The challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations
Subtitle: an assessment of Mexican security based on existing RAND research on urban unrest, insurgency, and defense-sector reform
By: Christopher Paul, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Colin P. Clarke
Contributors: Schaefer, Agnes Gereben; Clarke, Colin P.; National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Publisher: RAND; RAND Corporation
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Monica
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780833058270
Subjects: Violent crimes; Drug traffic; Internal security; Drug control; Violence; Prevention
Notes: "This research was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Methods and approach : applying existing RAND research tools to Mexico; title: Results from the RAND Mexican security Delphi exercise; title: Findings from the urban flashpoints scorecard; title: Findings from the COIN scorecard; title: Findings from the DSART scorecard; title: Conclusions and suggestions for further research.