Help Wanted: Economists, Crime and Public Policy

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-24

  DiIulio Jr , John J ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 0041735791     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.10.1.3     Document Type: Article

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