Why do increased arrest rates appear to reduce crime: Deterrence, incapacitation, or measurement error?

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-372

  Levitt, Steven D ^a  

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1998.tb01720.x     Document Type: Article

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