Can police deter drunk driving?

Applied Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 357-366

  Benson, Bruce L ^a   Mast, Brent D ^b   Rasmussen, David W ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT;

EID: 0034688620     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368400322787     Document Type: Article

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