Selectively incapacitating frequent offenders: Costs and benefits of various penal scenarios

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-353

  Blokland, Arjan A J ^a   Nieuwbeerta, Paul ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Frequent offenders; Rolling cohorts; Selective incapacitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348889626     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-007-9033-3     Document Type: Article

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