The reality of reality television: Does reality TV influence local crime rates?

Economics Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-333

  Chiou, Lesley ^a   Lopez, Mary ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime rates; Media; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955626793     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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