The dynamics of deterrence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 14230-14235

  Kleiman, Mark ^a   Kilmer, Beau ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Enforcement; Game theory; Positive feedback; Tipping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRIME; GAME; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRIME; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70149092342     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905513106     Document Type: Article

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