A mathematical model of a criminal-prone society

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 193-207

  Nuño, Juan Carlos ^a   Herrero, Miguel Angel ^b   Primicerio, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Criminality; Nonlinear dynamical system; Population dynamics; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864437579     PISSN: 19371632     EISSN: 19371179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcdss.2011.4.193     Document Type: Article

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