Description

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Since the launch of the infamous Silk Road the use of cryptomarkets - illicit markets for drugs on the dark web - has expanded rapidly around the world. Cryptomarkets: A Research Companion is a detailed guidebook which offers the tools necessary to begin researching cryptomarket phenomena and the dark web trade in illicit drugs.

About the Author

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James Martin is Associate Professor in Criminology at at Swinburne University of Technology. He is one of the founding members of the Cryptomarkets Research Hub and the author of Drugs on the Darknet (2014). Jack Cunliffe is a Lecturer in Quantitative Methods and Criminology at the University of Kent. His research on the function, research opportunities and implications of cryptomarkets has been published in multiple journals. Rasmus Munksgaard is a PhD student in criminology at the University of Montreal School of Criminology. He has published several articles on the politics of cryptomarkets and drug trafficking.