Law enforcement and criminality: Europe vs. USA

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-225

  Demougin, Dominique ^a   Schwager, Robert ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Criminality; Law enforcement; Social system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041883547     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8188(03)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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