The dynamics of neighbourhood watch and norm enforcement

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 516, 2007, Pages 270-286

  Huck, Steffen ^a   Kosfeld, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

EID: 33846364295     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02011.x     Document Type: Article

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