Evaluating Crime Prevention Scheme Success: Estimating ‘Outcomes’ or How Many Crimes Were Prevented

Evaluation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-348

  Johnson, Shane D ^a   Bowers, Kate J ^a   Jordan, Peter ^b   Mallender, Jacqueline ^b   Davidson, Norman ^c   Hirschfield, Alexander F G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Consultant ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

burglary reduction; cost effectiveness; crime prevention; Monte Carlo simulation; outcome measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144461053     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389004048281     Document Type: Article

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