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  1. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

    Brian C. Keegan

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Reda Alhajj

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Jon Rokne

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    Talel Abdessalem

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Gatineau, QC, Canada

    Rokia Missaoui

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Keegan, B.C., Ahmad, M.A. (2018). Deviant and Criminal Uses of Social Networks. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7131-2_55

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