Do More Police Lead to More Crime Deterrence?

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 716-738

  Kleck, Gary ^a   Barnes, J C C ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

deterrence; law enforcement; police; police strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905638906     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128710382263     Document Type: Article

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