The effect of police on crime, disorder and victim precaution. Evidence from a Dutch victimization survey

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 336-348

  Vollaard, Ben ^a   Koning, Pierre ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crime; Police; Public disorder; Victim precaution

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749105916     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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