How much is the public willing to pay to be protected from identity theft?

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 437-459

  Piquero, Nicole Leeper ^a   Cohen, Mark A ^b   Piquero, Alex R ^a,c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financial crime; Identity theft; White collar crime; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957547726     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2010.511245     Document Type: Article

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