TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shortland,Anja
TI  - Kidnap: inside the ransom business 
SN  - 9780198815471
AV  - HV6595 .S495 2019
U1  - 364.154 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Ransom
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Kidnapping
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index; Contenidos: Kidnap for Ransom as a Business

Part I: Why People are Kidnapped for Ransom

Understanding Patterns of Kidnapping

The Protector’s Choice



Part II: Making Kidnapping Insurable

What Is Kidnap for Ransom Insurance?

Crafting an Effective Protection Contract

The Price of a Life

The Case of the CEC Future


Part III: Ordering Transactions Across Economies

Trading with Kidnappers

Governing Kidnap for Ransom

Part IV: When Kidnaps Go Wrong

Why Do Hostages Die?

Debrief

EBC Webstore
WorldCat
Oxford Academic

End Matter

Notes

Bibliography

Index
N2  - Ransom is a lucrative but very tricky business. Based on in-depth interviews with experts, this book 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
ER  -