The economic evaluation of policing activity: An application of a hybrid methodology

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-192

  Drake, Leigh ^a   Simper, Richard ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost frontier analysis; DEA; Law enforcement; Performance indicators; Scale efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549116809     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012857523734     Document Type: Article

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