New evidence on the monetary value of saving a high risk youth

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-49

  Cohen, Mark A ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs of crime; Crime policy; Criminal careers

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349199463     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-008-9057-3     Document Type: Article

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