Crime reporting decisions and the costs of crime

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-377

  Bowles, Roger ^a   Reyes, Maria Garcia ^a   Garoupa, Nuno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs of crime; Crime reporting; Intimidation; Victim loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249122560     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-009-9109-8     Document Type: Article

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