Economic contributions to the understanding of crime

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 147-164

  Levitt, Steven D ^a,c   Miles, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal justice; Deterrence; Incapacitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846397147     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.lawsocsci.2.081805.105856     Document Type: Article

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