The effectiveness of vehicle security devices and their role in the crime drop

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-35

  Farrell, Graham ^a   Tseloni, Andromachi ^b   Tilley, Nick ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Crime Survey; Crime drop; Security hypothesis; Vehicle security; Vehicle theft

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952271222     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895810392190     Document Type: Article

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