Gratuitous violence and the rational offender model

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-172

  Foreman Peck, James ^a   Moore, Simon C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Intertemporal choice; Rational offending; Risk; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952876418     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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