Proactive policing and robbery rates across U.S. cities

Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-97

  Kubrin, Charis E ^a   Messner, Steven F ^b   Deane, Glenn ^b   Mcgeever, Kelly ^b   Stucky, Thomas D ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterrence; Endogeneity; Proactive policing; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950286805     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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