Effects of a driver enforcement program on yielding to pedestrians

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 351-363

  Van Houten, Ron ^a   Malenfant, J E Louis ^b  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre D'Education et de Recherce en Securite Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Generalization; Pedestrian safety; Police enforcement; Punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044220732     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-351     Document Type: Article

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